Tag: Manufacturing
An Inc. “Best Small Company Workplace” & Their Lean Culture
As I was cleaning out a pile of stuff in my office, I found an unread issue of Inc. magazine from June 2011. One...
Waste & Respect for People in Hospice or a Dell Factory
I've recently had an email exchange with a retiree who is volunteering in a non-profit hospice care facility. I'm sharing this thoughts with his...
Lean Lessons for Healthcare from a Boeing 737 Factory Video
Podcaster Cali Lewis (a fellow DFW-area Texan) hosts a show called GeekBeat.tv, where she normally highlights new consumer tech gadgets and nerdy robots from...
Talk Preview – “Why Your Hospital Should be Like a Factory…...
When hospital people say they don't want to be a factory or "we don't want assembly-line medicine," the statement often goes unchallenged. What is...
Funny ‘Family Guy’ Clip that Illustrates Disdain for Manufacturing; Plus a...
Friday, I blogged about a WIRED Magazine piece by Joel Johnson that was pretty disrespectful of manufacturing, in general, as he wrote that "every...
Enough with the Factory Bashing, Please – Healthcare Professionals and WIRED...
Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...
Seth Godin Catches All Manufacturers, Unfairly, in his “Factory Thinking” Net
I really like Seth Godin's writing - his blog on marketing is one that I have followed regularly for years and his book Purple...
Looking Ahead to a Toyota Tour by Looking Back
I'm excited that I have a chance, on Wednesday, to tour the Toyota plant in San Antonio, TX. I'm going with a "Lean Austin"...
Ships Passing in the Night – China Builds U.S. Factories
In an era where it was a "no brainer" to move factories to China, chasing cheap labor, the Lean world has often spoken out...
LeanBlog Podcast #84 – Karl Wadensten, VIBCO and The Lean Nation
Episode 84 is audio from Video Podcast #10 (available onYouTube). This is a conversation with Karl Wadensten, President of VIBCO, a manufacturer in Wyoming,...
LeanBlog Video Podcast #10 – Karl Wadensten of VIBCO and The...
Episode #10 is a conversation with Karl Wadensten, President of VIBCO, a manufacturer in Wyoming, R.I. Here, we talk about his radio show, "The...
LeanBlog Podcast #83 – CEO Jim D’Addario on Lean Manufacturing Saving...
Podcast #83 is an in-depth conversation with Jim D'Addario, the CEO of D'Addario, Inc., a manufacturer of guitar strings, drum heads, and other musical...
