Tag: LAME
A Defense of Lean and of Lean at Starbucks
Yesterday's WSJ front page headline caught my eye, as a frequent Starbucks customer and obvious Lean zealot:
Latest Starbucks Buzzword: 'Lean' Japanese Techniques
The headline is...
The New GM Is No Longer the "Leaner" GM?
I've complained about this before, it hardly fazes me any more when the media say that GM is going to be "leaner" in the...
Saving the Most L.A.M.E Day Ever
By Andy Wagner:This summer, I am supervising three interns. The first week one of them asked what "lean six sigma" was about. ...
This Year’s WSJ “JIT”-Bashing Article, Again Misguided
Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain - WSJ.com
Ah, here we go, it's time for the annual Just-In-Time-bashing article from the Wall Street Journal....
Lame Survey about Lean in Healthcare?
Hospitals See Benefits of Lean and Six Sigma
Regular readers know I often write about what I termed "L.A.M.E." -- Lean as Misguidedly Executed. The...
L.A.M.E. in Advertising
"L.A.M.E." is a term I created here on the Lean Blog meaning "Lean As Misguidedly Executed" (it's a forced acronym, I know... but it...
Outsourcing Functions Does Not Equal "Lean?
More misuse of the word "lean" (hat tip to Michael for forwarding the press release) titled, "Economy Drives Manufacturers To Go Lean; Outsource More...
"Superficial Lean" or "Like Lean"??
In my travels, I see a lot of what you might call "superficial Lean," where an organization has tried to implement a Lean tool....
This WSJ Article (as do Many Organizations) Misses the Point of...
Neatness Counts at Kyocera and at Others in the 5S Club - WSJ.com
I'm going to violate a rule I have to try not to...
"JIT" As A Cause of Delayed Shipments?
"Just in Time" so often gets a bad rap. People blame "JIT" for all sorts of problems, when it's often a problem with how...
Lean or LAME at Boeing?
By Andrew Wagner:
My wife, the resident space geek, turned me in the direction of this Boeing Press Release on their new lean "pulse line"...
The "LAME" Cargo Cult and Lean
I stumbled across a piece Richard Feynman spoke some time ago about "Cargo Cult Science" and couldn't help but extend the analogy to "Cargo...
