Radioactive Certifications of Waste
30 March 2011
No I'm not talking about the plethora of silly lean certifications - regular readers know that I believe only one, the AME/SME/Shingo Prize certif…
Fun With Statistics - Visually Comparing Magnitude
20 March 2011
In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll take a quick look at a common problem when communicating statistics: describing orders of magnitude.…
Productivity from the People
18 March 2011
Interesting article by Kimberly Weisul in BNet describing a study on where CEOs really spend their time. As you'd probably suspect, the vast major…
The value of quality trumps the easy buck
15 March 2011
Within the space of five minutes I came across two articles on two companies that have placed quality ahead of easy short-term profits. First we have…
Zenjidoka - A Simple Tool for a Complex Problem
15 March 2011
By Norman Bodek This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Still thinking about China?
13 March 2011
Although the wave of companies running to China in the mistaken belief that direct labor is their largest cost has slowed, there are still some lemmin…
The Sheriff Goes to the Gemba
6 March 2011
A story in this morning's paper on our new San Luis Obispo sheriff, Ian Parkinson, begins with the following story: On a recent Saturday night,…
Gemba Academy Turns Two!
28 February 2011
In March of 2009 I, along with Jon Miller and Ron Pereira, launched Gemba Academy. We had no idea what to expect when the site first went live… initi…