Tag: Standardized Work
Standardized Work? Why Are NFL Concussion Guidelines Not Always Followed?
Mark's note: Ah, another NFL playoff weekend and time for another football post to follow up my apparent jinxing of the Eagles' head coach...
Fantastic Mixed Media Online Presentation about Lean in Healthcare
I recently stumbled across a very interesting and well-produced mixed-media presentation that starts with the sounds of snow crackling under a pair a boots......
Lean For Thought
Mark's Note: I'm just getting back from vacation, so we're wrapping up the guest posts. Today's post is by Christina Kach and you can...
Guest Post: How Standardized Does a Kaizen Process Need to Be?
Mark's Note: Today's post is by a colleague from The Netherlands, Erwin Haas. Erwin is a leader in a Dutch consulting firm, NextChange, a...
Podcast #185 – Karen Dunn Skinner & David Skinner on Lean...
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My guests for episode #185 are Karen Dunn Skinner and David Skinner and our topic, for the first time on the Podcast, is Lean...
What’s Lean or What Works? Centralizing Hospital Functions
I had a chat with somebody from a hospital recently who asked about following one Lean principle and that leading to a conflict with...
Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson on Continuous Improvement
There's a great piece, currently available for free on the HBR website, about continuous improvement:
The Culture to Cultivate
The author, George Halvorson, is the recently...
Toyota Brings TPS & The Toyota Way to India – The...
Here's a fascinating article: "How Toyota brought its famed manufacturing method to India."
The piece starts with a story about a classic Toyota management practice...
A Lean Guy Watches CBC’s “Rate My Hospital”
"Approximately 8 to 10% of the individuals who walk through our doors are being hurt by us," says David Musyj, CEO of Windsor Regional...
Live Blogging AME Spring Conference: 17 Years of Lean at Autoliv
I've been fortunate to have the chance to visit an Autoliv factory in Utah - a great Lean company that makes air bags and...
Podcast #169 – Len Berry, PhD on “The Promise of Lean...
Joining me for Episode #169 is Leonard L. Berry, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Marketing in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. We...
Photos from the Toyota San Antonio Plant Visitor Center
Following up on my recent post on the tour of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in San Antonio, here are some pictures...