Tag: Quality
Turn the Tables on Haier Management?
Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take manufacturing management practices from the WSJ. In...
Lean *is* About Quality, Folks
Time for a low-carb Lean Six Sigma?:Stuff like this irritates me to no end:"Lean Manufacturing has us analyzing process flow and delay times at...
The Feds Reverse Their Decision on Checklists!
Wachter's World : The Checklist Saga: Victory!This is great news for patients and is probably great news for those of you who have been...
Hospital Safety, Quality and Advertising
I was wondering the other day about hospital advertising that you might see in your community (TV ads, billboards, newspaper ads). With the focus...
Putting the Burden on Patients?
I saw this ad (click on the photo for a larger, readable view) in the Wall Street Journal Monday. It's an ad run...
Duct Taping the Dreamliner
Flightblogger: Temporary Fasteners Causing Major Problems for 787 ProgramOk, so Boeing isn't using duct tape in their efforts to cobble together the first Dreamliner...
The Bloodbath to Come
by Mike Lopez All these lead paint toy scandals are only the beginning. On July 12, 2007, Businessweek ran a story, "Made in China:...
No, Not Spongebob!!
LEAD SINKS SPONGEBOB CHINA GOODSSung to the TV theme... parody words by Mark Graban"Who's covered in lead and lives under the sea?Spongebob! Squarepants!Whose...
The Roots of Lean
by Mike Lopez Today and tomorrow, I have the pleasure of taking part in a Lean Six Sigma summit being hosted by our corporation....
Today’s Editorial Cartoon
From today's USA Today, on the heels of the recent bad quality from China news, which includes:Baby bibs with lead found at Wal-MartTainted seafood"Chemical...
Management’s Job is to be Proactive
Running a hospital: Our Joint Commission Report
The headline is my modification of a Deming expression, that management's job is prediction. Statistical process control was...
Let’s Hope They Don’t Name the Grey Paint Color "Lead"
China's Chery Car: Safe At Any Speed For U.S. Market? - CNBC.comI had a number of readers email me this crash test video of...