-
Tags
ASQ Influential Voices blogs Books Career Carnival commentary continual improvement Creativity curiouscat Customer focus customer service Data Deming Economics engineering Google Health care Innovation internet Investing IT John Hunter leadership lean manufacturing Lean thinking management Management managing people Manufacturing organization as a system Popular Process improvement Psychology Public Sector Quality tools quote respect for people Six sigma Software Development Statistics Systems thinking tips Toyota Toyota Production System (TPS) webcast
-
Categories
- Books
- Career
- Carnival
- China
- Competition
- Creativity
- curiouscat.com
- Customer focus
- Data
- Deming
- Design of Experiments
- Economics
- Education
- Fun
- Health care
- India
- Innovation
- Investing
- IT
- Lean thinking
- Management
- Management Articles
- Manufacturing
- Performance Appraisal
- Popular
- Process improvement
- Psychology
- Public Sector
- Quality tools
- quote
- Respect
- Science
- Six sigma
- Software Development
- Statistics
- Systems thinking
- Tags
- Theory of Constraints
- Toyota Production System (TPS)
- Travel photos
- UK
- webcast
Category Archives: Management Articles
The Art of Work
The Art of Work [the broken link was removed] by Ann Marsh: These companies are now using Csikszentmihalyi’s ideas to learn how they can get the best out of their workers or create more compelling connections with their customers. Without … Continue reading
Funding Invention Vs. Managing Innovation
Funding Invention Vs. Managing Innovation [the broken link was removed] by John Hagel and John Seely Brown But if we shift our attention from invention to innovation, we begin to see a much broader horizon. Innovation — the ability to … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management Articles
Tagged Innovation
Comments Off on Funding Invention Vs. Managing Innovation
Performance Appraisal Problems
The Struggle To Measure Performance [the broken link was removed], Business Week: One company that recently decided to dump forced rankings altogether is Chemtura (CEM), a $3 billion specialty chemicals company formed by the July merger of Crompton in Middlebury, … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Management Articles, Performance Appraisal, Psychology
Tagged Deming, Management, Performance Appraisal
3 Comments
Lean Continuous Improvement
Continuous Improvement — Taking A Big-Picture Approach To Lean [the broken link was removed] by Jonathan Katz, Industry Week: Northrop Grumman Newport News geared its lean value stream toward meeting customer commitments rather than strictly using it as a means … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles
Comments Off on Lean Continuous Improvement
Organization, Systems and Culture
Organization, Systems and Culture [the broken link was removed] by S. M. Lane, G. J. Garrett, with contributions from R A. Long: Traditional methods of how companies are organized, staffed and managed have become obsolete. The purpose of this paper … Continue reading
Posted in Management Articles
Tagged culture, management history, management system
Comments Off on Organization, Systems and Culture
Lean Thinking in Scotland
The man who would save Scottish industry [the broken link was removed] by Terry Murden Ross says: “Lean thinking can be applied to almost any process, but the key is the involvement of those who actually do the work. I … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Public Sector, UK
Tagged Lean thinking, Public Sector
Comments Off on Lean Thinking in Scotland
Single Piece Flow
Single Piece Flow [the broken link was removed] by Rich Weissman: The transition from batch and queue to lean manufacturing involves converting to single piece flow… In traditional manufacturing, specific operations were done in batches by departments that specialized in … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Manufacturing, Quality tools
Tagged kanban
Comments Off on Single Piece Flow
Lean Accounting article from SME
Keeping score with lean accounting cost management [the broken link was removed] by Jerry Solomon: We changed the format of our income statements. We made them simple. For each value stream, all of the payroll expense is in one bucket … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles
1 Comment
ThedaCare: Lean Healthcare
Area health systems put customer service first [the broken link was removed] by MaryBeth Matzek In 2005, ThedaCare was able to save $10 million thanks to its lean programs and officials hope to save another $12 million this year, Toussaint … Continue reading
Posted in Health care, Lean thinking, Management Articles
Tagged Health care, lean healthcare, Lean thinking, Wisconsin
1 Comment
Lean Software Development
Lean Software Development: A Field Guide [the broken link was removed] – the first 3 chapters of this new book are available online. Excellent, recommended for anyone interested in lean thinking ideas. Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software … Continue reading
