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Lean Thanks
The upcoming holiday is my second favorite (after New Years), first because it’s energizing to reflect on things to be happy about, and second because it’s a four-day break. While I’m thankful for many personal-type things and people, this post will just be for Lean things that I’m thankful for. Here are a few: The […]
The Ear of the Beholder
November 18, 2011
A short time after I moved into operations as the VP of manufacturing, our assembly department made an early and, dare I say, imperfect attempt to realign the factory floor for ease of material delivery and pick-up. I would not describe this as improved flow, as we were still delivering heaping piles of kitted orders […]
First Job Lessons
November 8, 2011
Early job experiences can have a profound impact on how we approach the workday. Here is one of mine from my very first job: When I was twelve years old, using my brother’s social security card because I was too young to work, I got a job at a seafood restaurant hauling trays of breaded […]
Illogical Progression
November 2, 2011
This post is a follow-up to one from September on policy deployment, sometimes called a ‘roadmap’ for improvement.’ It’s more than that in that it not only sets direction and targets, but also identifies the means to achieve them. But ‘roadmap’ is a common descriptor. And it seems logical that when beginning a journey, we […]
Passing the Baton
October 28, 2011
There is an abundance of symbolism in the phrase “passing the baton”. Taiichi Ohno used the analogy of passing the baton to explain the cooperation that should exist between employees, as in a relay race, each gauging the other’s need and self-adjusting to accommodate a smooth passing of the baton. The baton in this case […]
Waitin’
October 20, 2011
I’m just returning from a brief sojourn that included: Marrying off my older daughter, Christine, in Disneyworld, followed by A short vacation for our younger kids, and then, A short illness and trip to the hospital for me. No relationship between the third event and the former two is implied, but their sequence afforded me […]
Another Chicken Story
September 27, 2011
Before Shigeo Shingo’s chicken there was another well-known fowl by the name of “Chicken Little.” Do you remember the story? Struck on the head by a falling acorn, Chicken Little concludes that the sky is falling and so decides to warn the king as well as everyone else he meets on his way to the […]
November 22, 2011
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