Tag: WSJ

In a recurring feature, here are links to some more articles I've read recently that might be of interest: Luxury car program brings cancer patients...

Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye: "The Robots Are Coming to Hospitals:  A New Breed of Blue-Collar Robots...

Last Thursday's Journal had a story titled "How to Be a Better Boss? Spend Time on the Front Lines." The article talks about senior...

It's always great to see stories in the major media outlets about engaging front-line staff in improvement ideas. Recently, we had a piece in...

On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...

In the news yesterday, a General Motors recall over what could be just one isolated steering wheel problem in an Ohio-built Chevrolet (don't call...

Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...

It's Super Bowl week in the U.S., which is probably even obvious to many readers from outside of North America. As we watch the...

I'm finally blogging about a Wall Street Journal article from just before Christmas - it's still a generally interesting topic, I think. The article...

For a more traditional approach to this topic, check out this alternative post, "Real Lean at Starbucks or Tayloristic Industrial Engineering?". Below is the more...

Once again, the WSJ has written about Lean at Starbucks (see my last post "Controversy over New Standardized Work at Some Starbucks Stores") in...