Tag: Value
What I’m Reading 8/29/13: Forcing Happiness, Saving $$ By Not Using...
As we move into the Labor Day weekend, I need to close some browser tabs that are full of things that I was maybe...
Gemba Wine: A Lean Geek Visits Wineries, Part 2
Growing grapes and making wine is certainly an art... but when you look into it there's a lot of process involved. As I wrote...
Gemba Wine: Variation in Wine Seals and Variation in Customer Needs
My wife and I just got back from four days in Napa and Sonoma counties doing, ahem, "gemba walks" at a number of wineries,...
Stephen Parry, on His Book ‘Sense and Respond,’ How Lean Engages...
My guest for episode #170 is Stephen Parry, joining us from England. He is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Lean Kanban North America...
San Diego’s Big Batch of Fireworks – At Least Nobody Was...
Did you hear about the fireworks mishap in San Diego on the 4th? Instead of a planned 20-minute show, there was a "glitch" that...
Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling ‘Volt’ Production
I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent...
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat...
I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to save." That headline makes...
Video on Creating Value in Healthcare
Here's a video produced by Jim Handyside, embedded here with his permission. More inspirational than educational, there are still some concepts related to Lean...
NVA in the NBA — It’s "Value Added"-tastic?
A Garden party - Nowadays, the games are just part of the show
While we're on the topic of basketball (thanks to Jamie's post last...
A Funny Example of Not Delivering "Value"?
How about that Lucas stadium view? | IndyStar.com
A photo of the new football stadium in Indianapolis (Lucas Stadium) is shown, at left (click for...