Tag: PDCA

I've occasionally had a "What I'm Reading" post, where I share links to articles that I've enjoyed that don't necessarily merit a whole blog...

Out there in the Lean and quality improvement communities, you sometimes hear some silly things. Sometimes, I want to attach the "Lean As...

QHSE Focus, an iPad magazine, asked me to contribute a piece on Lean healthcare. They published my piece titled, "Employee & Patient Safety: The Only...

Mark's note: Yes, I'm still on vacation. I'm very thankful for my cadre of guest bloggers, including today's guest, Jeff Hajek. Jeff is an...

Mark's note: I consider myself very fortunate to have met Patrick Anderson during my journeys in the Lean world. Patrick is the executive director...

Mark's Note: Today's guest post comes from Mark Hamel, a recent recipient of the Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award for his book Kaizen...

Unlike Thursday's joke, this is real. It's a video posted by the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), featuring a full-time Lean professional, a "kaizen...

Jim Womack visited  Lantech, a manufacturer of stretch wrappers and other packaging equipment. While there and visiting the "gemba," Jim was interviewed about Lean,...