Tag: Waste

Digital50: USAEC News and more Business NewsHere's another success story from the U.S. Army's Lean Six Sigma program, increasing production to support troops in...

Hospital-borne ailments face Medicare budget ax | IndyStar.comHealthcare has LONG been a piecework industry. Caregivers and facilities are paid for WHAT they do...

By Dan MarkovitzLast week the Wall Street Journal interviewed George David, the CEO of United Technologies. Though the conversation didn't address his views...

Food Banks Go Hungry - WSJ.com ($$)This is something I blogged about in August 2005 (with a link then to Joe Ely's blog), now...

Lean and the Environment | EPAHas anyone heard about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pushing Lean for environmental/conservation purposes? Interesting idea.The EPA website...

Here's a terminology question:When somebody evaluates a situation and says "such and such practice doesn't seem very lean," I sometimes cringe. Why? ...

I heard a great comment on Monday from a hospital President.He said, quite passionately, I might be paraphrasing slightly:"We don't have a shortage of...

Big pieces of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner arrive | Seattle Times NewspaperThis is really Kevin Meyer's issue at Evolving Excellence, but I can't resist blogging...

By Dan MarkovitzBusinessWeek online joined the rest of the media in noting that Toyota just passed GM as the global leader in auto sales...

BeliefWatch: God Is Green - Newsweek Beliefs - MSNBC.comThis article struck me today, not exactly like a lightning bolt from the sky, but it...

cbs4boston.com - Pats Install Synthetic Turf At Gillette Stadium I was watching the Bears/Patriots game yesterday and the announcers mentioned that a new artificial turf...

Order via Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Order via Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) Order through the GBMP I received a copy of this DVD through work and...