Tag: Just-In-Time

I'm on my way home from Japan as this post gets published. I will probably take the week off from blogging for the Thanksgiving...

While the hurdles to systemic Lean healthcare transformation are high (see the payment system challenges discussed in John Toussaint's new book), I am generally...

Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics: NFL Draft -...

As people first learn about Lean, they often ask questions like "what tools or methods should we use first?" These tools include things like...

I met Newt Gingrich at the Ontario Hospital Association conference in late 2009, as I blogged about here: "Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion." Yesterday...

On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

Here's some weekend fun leading into the holiday season... I received a marketing email today from Starbucks that included a phrase that would jump...

I'll start the week with another post about my tour of the TMMTX (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas) plant in San Antonio. Today I'll write...

The Wall Street Journal, sadly, has a long track record of not understanding Lean, as I've written about many times on my blog. There's...

OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater...