Tag: Flinchbaugh

There is a new book on TQM available. I have not bought the book yet but my assumption is that it builds on TQM....

Another month has rolled by whch means Assembly Magazine has released another excellent issue of their magazine, of which I am very pleased to...

There is a topic that I have found myself talking about more and more lately. Perhaps the reason is that many of my speeches...

First, if you've read The Hitchhiker 's Guide to Lean, you will know that we believe the entire concept of deeply understanding our current...

I have something else to add to my earlier post on the state of lean through the eyes of an Industry Week survey. My...

Along with the profiles of this year's Industry Week's Best Plants Award, the latest issue includes the latest census data on continuous improvement. Of...

I was able to tour a hospital laboratory that had already gone through the lean process.One metric was a daily tally of "sticks per...

Rotorhub: The Information Hub of the Helicopter IndustryHere's an article about some military helicopter part production and a "lean" system.This jumped out at me:At...

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #6, the second part of my discussion with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean. You can find...

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #5, with a new guest: Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean. In this Podcast, we talk about the...

by Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean I just got my copy of Hoshin Kanri for the Lean Enterprise. Of course, I...

There are certain things we learn while we grow up that are unquestioned - in fact, unquestionable. There are 26 letters in the alphabet,...