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Sometimes things that seem factual are not exactly true. Here are a few examples relating to inventory: When I was a materials manager the auditors..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, TPS, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, true north, poka-yoke, optimization, toyota production system, inventory, made in america, Muri, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 23 , 2011.

New To You

There is a sign along a roadway I travel that puts a wonderfully positive spin on the purchase of a used car. A 2006 Rav4 with 59,000 miles may..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, TPS, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, ture north, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, inventory, made in america, Muri, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 18 , 2011.

Tear Down This Wall

Twenty-two years ago, a symbol of huge ideological differences was demolished. Ronald Regan’s now famous speech at the Berlin Wall, given two years..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, true north, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, inventory, made in america, Muri, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 16 , 2011.

Saw-Muri Warriors

I was joining a manager on a walk through his plant some time back when we came upon an automatic cut-off saw that was cutting twelve foot brass bars..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, true north, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, Muri, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 11 , 2011.

Snow Happens

Most New Englanders have had two jobs for month of January, one of them being shoveling. Record snowfalls have strained muscles, jostled schedules,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, true north, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 08 , 2011.

Sticks and Stones...

. . . can break my bones, but words can never hurt me. I’m taking this adage out of its original context to make a point that words can be..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, true north, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on February 04 , 2011.

Leading Indicators

I was introduced to a ball-peen hammer at arts and crafts camp when I was about seven years old. I made an ashtray by pounding the bejesus out of a..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, safety glasses, leading indicators, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on January 28 , 2011.

Shigeo Shingo’s Revolution

I first met Shigeo Shingo at Utah State University’s 14th Annual Productivity Conference in the spring of 1989 where he was receiving an honorary..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on January 25 , 2011.

MLK

I was at the gym this week on Martin Luther King’s birthday when a short audio of a speech by Dr. King was played on the radio. A woman standing near..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, Martin Luther King, change agent, kaizen, VISTA, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, MLK, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on January 21 , 2011.

It's Not Rocket Science

Having the good fortune to work just down the road from the publisher of Shigeo Shingo’s books, my company had been a beta site for Poka-Yoke..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, GBMP, Toast Kaizen, kaizen, hoshin kanri, TPM, 5S, poka-yoke, lean in healthcare, toyota production system, made in america, shigeo shingo, made in the usa, value stream mapping on January 18 , 2011.

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