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I’m not so sure how I feel about a story I heard this morning of Jim Nantz’s toast visual aid, but it’s so rare that anyone in the public limelight..
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December 18 , 2017.
Lean Wizards
October was Lean conference month for me: First our own Northeast Lean Conference in Worcester (pronounced “Wustah”), then the international AME..
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October 31 , 2016.
Lean By Doing
Early along, as a student of the Toyota Production System (TPS), now referred to as “Lean,” I struggled with some of the concepts and systems. For..
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September 07 , 2016.
Space Junk
Last weekend in the Nantucket ferry terminal, I passed a defunct phone booth, the ornate wooden kiosk kind that was used twenty years ago to frame a..
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August 24 , 2016.
Eye of the Beholder
Many moons ago when I was just getting started on my lean journey, I visited a large automotive supplier to benchmark pull systems. My own factory..
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May 20 , 2016.
It’s a Small World After All
[Many thanks to Gerry Cronin and Julieanne Brandolini for passing along the following story about sharing between industry and healthcare. Gerry..
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December 09 , 2013.
Labor Dazed
WYSIWYG
Computer geeks over the age over 40 will recall that once upon a time, the images of text and graphics that appeared on computer screens bore little..
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February 15 , 2012.
Signs
Do you remember a post-hippie era song called Signs? The song’s refrain came to mind recently during a workplace walkthrough:
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February 03 , 2012.
Cost Subtraction
Last week, a drive-by a 99 Cent Store (see photo) reminded me of my first real job in an industrial marketing department. In the 1970’s, one function..
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January 23 , 2012.