Tag: Flinchbaugh

BusinessWeek wrote about Segway, the wonderfully inventive two-wheel transportation device that was supposed to revolutionize how cities are built. Of course, I don't know...

As posted by LeanBlog.org founder Mark Graban, there is a new website available that focuses on helping individuals who want to guide their own...

When people talk about labor, they often focus on unions, disengaged employees and high wages. But there is a much bigger problem facing manufacturers...

Mike Rother, an excellent guy and also the guy that brought us all value stream mapping through the book Learning to See, has just...

Onshoring may not be the counter-argument to offshoring, particularly since most of the cases are just KEEPING work in the US when it could...

Here's some not-so-interesting news that I believe indicates not being focused on the customer and the subsequent focus on waste elimination. Harley-Davidson is changing...

Also from the August issue of Assembly Magazine is my latest column of Leading Lean. The topic this month is the key issue of...

Here is an article from Assembly Magazine by Adam Cort about Boeing's Dreamliner called Living the Dream. Boeing has been working on lean for a...

Although my book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean: Lessons from the Road, is very much about lean, I particularly enjoy finding lessons on lean...

Few would argue that lean is about an journey to the ideal state, towards perfection. It's a continuous, never ending journey. This is quite...

By Jamie Flinchbaugh Mark recently posted about Building Near Your Customers. Here's another reason - your product might end up at the bottom of the...

There are many books that are not at all about lean, but the lessons they contain are very helpful to a lean journey. Here's...