Hiding the Waste of Inventory
10 January 2007
Yesterday an article appeared on Industry Week titled Manufacturers Are Finding Hefty Benefits From Lean Warehousing. Modern Materials Handling and o…
The Plural of Anecdote is Not Gemba
7 January 2007
One of my favorite blogs is Cafe Hayek, hosted by Don Boudreaux, the chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University. From the blo…
Reminiscing... and Looking Forward
30 December 2006
The turn of the new year stimulates many of us to look back... and hopefully look forward. This is important, and could even be construed to be the &…
Rejuvenating Training Within Industry
17 December 2006
If you've been involved with lean for a while you have probably started to see some discussion on "training within industry" or TWI. TW…
Innovation and Lean Product Development
21 November 2006
Every issue of the Wall Street Journal is filled with stories of innovation... primarily companies trying to "innovate" their way out of com…
Keeping It Simple
20 November 2006
Many of you that get the Sunday paper may have seen John Maeda's article on How To Keep It Simple in the last Parade magazine insert. Mr. Maeda i…
The Psychology of Lean Transformation
4 November 2006
My wife is taking a couple classes in preparation for attempting a PhD in psychology... probably so she can finally figure out why her husband loves f…
Process Excellence Conundrums
5 October 2006
Earlier this week I flew to the other coast to be remotely sequestered with five or six of the most influential people in the lean world. For a variet…