Tales from a Tour of NUMMI
22 November 2005
Over the past few weeks Mark Graban at the Lean Manufacturing Blog has posted several articles describing his visit to the NUMMI plant. NUMMI is a joi…
Fix What's Broken
19 November 2005
One of my favorite weblogs lately is Mark Hurst's This Is Broken. Almost every day he posts photos of "broken" signs, processes, designs…
A Moment for Reflection and Perspective
17 November 2005
I just realized that the Evolving Excellence blog is a year old this month, which made me pause for a few moments of reflection. Creating and buildin…
Looking Lean vs. Being Lean: A Critical Debate on Leadership
9 November 2005
Evolving Excellence has become a bit punchy lately, but this is because we feel that a critical debate is needed within the lean manufacturing communi…
Carnival of Lean Leadership #2
7 November 2005
This is post number 100 for the Evolving Excellence blog, and it is therefore appropriate that we celebrate blogs themselves by creating the second Ca…
Notes from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Conference
7 November 2005
The annual Association for Manufacturing Excellence conference was held last week in Boston. Over the past 21 years this conference has grown to be bi…
Outsourcing Communication Impacts Quality
6 November 2005
Earlier this week I was "enjoying" paying some bills for a side business of mine. For some reason it is much more of a chore than paying the…
Where's My Crystal Ball?
6 November 2005
I was looking through some old books while at my father-in-law's and came across the instruction manual for his 1951 vintage Versalog slide rule.…