Tag: Struggles

Interesting NWLEAN Discussion

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NWLEAN : Message: Why does Lean struggle to take hold in the U.S.?I'm a member of the Yahoo Group called NWLEAN, where there's often...

A Simple Question with No Simple Answer

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We spend a lot of time here talking about how to prevent Lean failures and what some of the root causes are. I...

L.A.M.E.: Not Involving Key Stakeholders

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Got this story during an email exchange, used with express permission:-----------------------------I saw my doctor yesterday and told him I was doing a lean publication,...

We Got Gamed (Lab Specimen Batch Sizes)

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A somewhat recent experience prompted me to re-read portions of Donald Wheeler's outstanding book, Understanding Variation: The Key to Managing Chaos, with its section...