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Yearly Archives: 2006
Permanent Innovation
Langdon Morris has written a new book: Permanent Innovation [the broken link was removed]. There is a blog [the broken link was removed] and web site too. The book builds upon his article, Business Model Warfare: Furthermore, the core of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Innovation, Systems thinking
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Complicating Simplicity
Complicating simplicity: Gah! Trying to read about the “Simplicity: The Art of Complexity” (er, what?) conference. But the description at the conference site is the exact opposite of simple, clear writing: An investigation of the essence of simplicity must necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management, quote, Software Development
Tagged Creativity, design, simplicity, Systems thinking, usability
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Graban Interviews Liker
Another excellent podcast from the Lean Blog: Dr. Jeffrey Liker. Dr. Liker discusses the subtleties of doing actually doing lean versus talking about doing lean. Dr. Liker has authored: The Toyota Way, The Toyota Way Fieldbook and The Toyota Product … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Toyota Production System (TPS), webcast
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Toyota Targets 50% Reduction in Maintenance Waste
Inside the Toyota Maintenance Reduction 50 Percent by Paul V. Arnold (sadly the site broke the link, so I removed it): First, it is Maintenance Reduction 50 Percent, not Cost Reduction 50 Percent or Employee Reduction 50 Percent. “The goal … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Process improvement, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Deming, Lean thinking, targets, Toyota
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Senge and Deming
Jeff Sutherland quoting Dr. Deming‘s response to Peter Senge request for a comment on his book, The Fifth Discipline: “Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged Deming, Psychology, respect for people, Systems thinking
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Lean Leaders
Lean leaders [the broken link was removed] by April Terreri: Tim Corcoran, vice president of ZF Sales & Services, NA, LLC, that re-manufactures automotive transmissions and steering systems in Vernon Hills, IL. “We had a number of false starts by … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Psychology, Quality tools
Tagged continual improvement, fear, Lean thinking, Psychology
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Wisconsin Manufacturing
Editorial: A way forward for state companies [the broken link was removed], Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The idea of lean manufacturing is pretty close to a religion at Ariens these days. The tenets: Be quick on the draw. Improve continuously. Be … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lean thinking, Management, Public Sector
Tagged Manufacturing, Wisconsin
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Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation
How intellectual property influences innovation and growth in the economy depends on the application of intellectual property law. No intellectual property (IP) rights would hinder innovation. Complicated application of confusing and overreaching IP rights also hinders innovation. Now I see … Continue reading
Cyberpunk Manufacturing
Raising the Floor by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang: The transformation of the factory from a vast machine into a creative, knowledge-intensive space is a development few could have seen. Are you ready for the next industrial revolution? … So what will … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Manufacturing
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Health Care: Saving Lives
We wrote about the IHI campaign to save lives through improved health care management previously – Saving Lives: US Health Care Improvement. IHI estimates 122,300 from December 2004 to June 2006. The PBS Newshour aired a report on the campaignhttps://management.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/25/health-care-saving-lives/. … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Management
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