Tag: Manufacturing

Mark's note: I somehow stumbled across this 2002 HBR article, Read a Plant--Fast, so I asked regular guest blogger Paul Critchley to write a post...

In today's post, Jason Morin, from XPO Logistics, writes a review of Jim Lancaster's recent book "The Work of Management," published by the Lean Enterprise Institute. Jim Lancaster is CEO of Lantech and the book tells the story of their Lean journey and their evolution over time.

It's almost Thanksgiving here in the United States, so I'll be taking the rest of the week off from the blog to enjoy some...

Joining me for Episode #258 is a many times returning guest, Jim Huntzinger, the President and Founder of Lean Frontiers (check out Episodes 8, 15, 33, 196, and...

I'm really excited to have Steve Bera as my guest for episode #256 of the podcast. I read about him as he was featured...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more This episode is sponsored by StoreSMART. My guest for episode #255 is Mark DeLuzio, author of the...

I'm a car guy. Above all other mechanical devices that we engineers get to be involved with, I am fascinated most with these incredible...

For decades, manufacturers have been tripped up by the simplistic idea that Lean is about "zero inventories." It probably didn't help that one of...

I've written before about the subject of hospitals "flexing" nurses and employees. I've criticized flexing (or the practice of sending employees home early because patient census is low) and I've pointed out that it's not keeping with "Lean" principles to "save money" by sending people home early.

As a guy who started his career in manufacturing before moving to healthcare in 2005, I don't get many opportunities to visit the "Gemba"...

Mark's note: Here's the last of three change strategies in a series by a guest blogger, Paul Serafino. You can click here to read earlier posts in...

Mark's note: Today's post is by a new guest blogger, Paul Serafino. This initial post will be followed by a series of three posts...