Category Archives: Taichi Ohno

For me, Taiichi Ohno and Shigeo Shingo are a bit like the Lennon and McCartney of waste elimination. Together they frame the technical and social..

In 1989, after four years of what could be called ala carte improvement, my factory was introduced to policy deployment by Deming Prize winner, Ryuji..

As I watched Keith Lockhart conduct the Boston Pops to celebrate America’s birthday on July 4, another revolution that was occurring around the same..

One of the more dubious outcomes of the French Revolution was the standardization of guillotining as the sole (and oft-employed) manner of capital..

I was listening today to a song from The Platters (there are just a few of you who will remember that group) that was the inspiration for this post:

The following is a true story but told with time compression – a nine month period shortened to three – in order cover the events in less than two..

In 1980, an ASRS at my company was the showpiece of a new plant, its capability for high-density automatic storage and retrieval of inventory..

About six years ago I was meeting with a clinical team to kick off an early improvement effort at their hospital. We began with a reflection on the..

In my last post I made the case for regular practice (everybody everyday) of new perspectives, behaviors and practices. All new learners begin by..

When my son, Ben, was seven years old, he took his first guitar lesson. After the lesson, I was curious to know how liked the experience. He..