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Author Archives: John Hunter
Information Technology and Management
Dog Eat Dog [the broken link was removed, sadly even MIT can’t manage a website properly and they have broken the link] by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson The CVS experience is a microcosm of a pervasive trend toward using … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Management
Tagged bad usability, curiouscat, IT, John Hunter, management, Process improvement, quote, Software Development
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Find Good Management Improvement Jobs
Peter Abilla (shmula blog) is hiring a Manager for Process Improvement [the broken link was removed] to work with him at eBay. It is a great opportunity, in my opinion. Here are some highlights of what he is looking for: … Continue reading
Posted in IT, Lean thinking, Process improvement, Six sigma
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Toyota, Lean, Consultants…
Toyota’s success pleases proponents of ‘lean’ The publicity about Toyota becoming No. 1 will create another burst of energy to lean, even though a survey by management consulting firm Bain shows that just 19% of companies that have tried it … Continue reading
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Fixing Health Care – Andy Grove
Intel’s Andy Grove Pitches a Plan for Fixing Health Care Call it fear of mortality, opportunism or altruism — Grove sees a major breakdown in a system that leaves nearly 50 million Americans uninsured and emergency rooms closing down in … Continue reading
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Management Improvement Carnival #10
Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Just Hide It by Mike Wroblewski – “It is also a clear indicator that we have a long way to go on our lean journey. By hiding our problems, we create … Continue reading
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Standardized Work Instructions
Standardized work instructions are in important part of Deming and lean manufacturing management systems. Processes need to be standardized and continually improved (kaizen). Without a documented standard process variation normally increases over time as processes drift away from the desired … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Process improvement, Quality tools
Tagged lean manufacturing, Quality tools
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Womack: Toyota Now and the Risks They Face
Why Toyota Won and How Toyota Can Lose by James Womack Toyota’s great risk, the way it can lose, is that its new managers and the managers in its new suppliers will revert to the old, mass-production mentality of the … Continue reading
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Learning Lean: A Survey of Industry Lean Needs
A draft version of Learning Lean: A Survey of Industry Lean Needs [the broken link was removed] by Gene Fliedner and Kieran Mathieson is now available. This voice of the customer report is product of some of those involved in … Continue reading
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K-12 Educational Reform
Educational Reform Failing K-12 Students, Educator Says [the broken link was removed] by Victor M. Inzunza: Educational reform has failed to substantially increase K-12 student achievement despite a “massive expenditure of resources,” but the system can be improved if some … Continue reading
Management Improvement Carnival #9
Listening, Responding, Refining by Matt Cutts – “But you don’t need blogs or digg-like sites in this picture to respond to feedback; those are just tools. The important thing is the process. It’s a process that many groups at Google … Continue reading
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