Tag: Quality

Idiot Inspector for Idiot Corporation?

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TheDay.com - Food safety problems slip by auditorsYou might remember my rants about the Idiot Corp... I mean Peanut Corporation of America. Just saw...

Idiot Corporation of America?

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Ga. peanut plant has history of problems - Food safety - nbc.com NY Times article There was a lot of focus in the news yesterday about...

Relying on Memory Leads to Rework

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Biden Takes Shot at Roberts for Flubbing Presidential Oath - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.comOn Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts appeared...

Why Do Hospitals Have to Rely on Vigilant Patients and Families?

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Bedside Manner: Advocating for a Relative in the Hospital (WSJ) WSJ Health Blog (free): Five Tips for Helping a Family Member in the Hospital I've written...

Words that Matter in Healthcare

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Healthcare Intelligence Network » Blog Archive » Eight Steps to a Culture of SafetyI think words matter. Action matters, also, but the...

"If you didn’t do it in Six Sigma, then it didn’t...

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Guest Columnist - Quality DigestWow, this is pretty bad... allegedly about GE. Granted, any dysfunctional Lean company could end up with similar dynamics. So...

Book Review: The Ice Cream Maker

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The Ice Cream Maker: An Inspiring Tale About Making Quality The Key Ingredient in Everything You DoI was reading the WSJ a while back...

Weekend Fun Blog

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It's the weekend, here's a fun post and links for you. The "FAIL" blog is somewhat addictive, a collection of funny signs and bad...

A Powerful Message on Lean and Healthcare

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Why I Work In Healthcare | DailyKaizenHere's a great one to end the day on... Lee Fried has a powerful post over on the...

Chrysler matches Toyota in a Single Skew-able Metric – Who Cares?

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Chrysler matches Toyota in efficiency - Detroit NewsI didn't mean for this to become "beat up on the Detroit Three" week... this comes in...

GM to try to Inspect Quality In After Letting Experience Walk...

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GM preps for new hires after buyoutsThis is a particularly sad story. We often debate the proper role of layoffs and headcount reductions in...

Dennis Quaid on 60 Minutes

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Dennis Quaid Recounts Twins' Drug Ordeal, Actor Tells 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft Medical Errors Kill Thousands - CBS News Did you see the actor Dennis...