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Category Archives: Lean thinking
Lean Education Academic Network Spring Meeting
The Lean Education Academic Network (LEAN) is having their Spring meeting [the broken link was removed] at the University of Kentucky in Lexington May 10th – May 12th. This is targeted at educators and students (a fairly small slice of … Continue reading
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Lean Material Handling
Don’t Ignore your Water Spider a great post by Mike Wroblewski: The second night was little better and I quickly evaluated the improvements from the night before. Later that second night, I made more improvements. Each day, I continued the … Continue reading
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Leading Lean: Missed Opportunity
Leading Lean: Missed Opportunity [the broken link was removed] by Jamie Flinchbaugh: Three elements are needed to gain the benefits from using pull production to drive problems out into the open. First, you need strong problem-solving skills. Bringing a problem … Continue reading
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Tagged Lean thinking, organization as a system, problem solving
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PBS Documentary: Improving Hospitals
Clare Crawford-Mason and Llyod Dobyns have teamed up on a new documentary. Previously they created If Japan Can-Why Can’t We? and the Deming Library Tapes. Good News – How Hospitals Heal Themselves (broken link was removed) A One-Hour Documentary Airing … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Health care, Lean thinking, Management, Systems thinking
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Toyota Again Get Positive Press
Toyota Eyes Chance to Pass by Anthony Faiola, Washington Post: The mainstream press continues to note the success of Toyota. Toyota has been toying with hybrid engines for the past 20 years. But the company began to seriously pursue a … Continue reading
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Lean Thinking Needed
Bank Wire Transfers vs. FedEx Delivery My goal was to give them all the paperwork, ensure I had sufficient funds, and schedule the transfer such that the money arrives in the sellers’ account on a particular date next week. But … Continue reading
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Lean Enterprise Institute Expands
Lean Enterprise Institute Expands Services to Growing Lean Community [the broken link was removed] “LEI is introducing new programs, led by new people, at a new location to improve the practice of lean, the search for lean knowledge, and how … Continue reading
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Lean Manufacturing Success
Oshkosh Truck Driven to Succeed [the broken link was removed] by Arlen Boardman: Wuest said this reduced the order-to-delivery time from 12 to 16 weeks to seven days. It made better use of manufacturing space and reduced inventory-holding costs. He … Continue reading
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A Company’s Purpose is to be Useful to Society
Toyota powers to the front [the broken link was removed] (Toyota President, Katsuaki Watanabe) eschews the normal management mantra of shareholder value above all. A company’s purpose, Watanabe insists, is to be useful to society. W. Edwards Deming described the … Continue reading
Lean Aerospace Initiative
The Lean Aerospace Initiative [the broken link was removed] at MIT has a large number of reports, case studies and articles available online. The Initiative was formally launched as the Lean Aircraft Initiative in 1993 when leaders from the U.S. … Continue reading
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