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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..
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September 06 , 2011.
Reflections on the American Revolutions
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..
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July 06 , 2011.
Guillotine
One of the more dubious outcomes of the French Revolution was the standardization of guillotining as the sole (and oft-employed) manner of capital..
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June 22 , 2011.
Lean Pretenders
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:
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June 13 , 2011.
A Supervisor's Greatest Discovery
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..
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June 06 , 2011.
Asset Artifacts
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..
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May 25 , 2011.
Hospital Heroes
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..
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May 12 , 2011.
Practice Makes Permanent
In my last post I made the case for regular practice (everybody everyday) of new perspectives, behaviors and practices. All new learners begin by..
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April 29 , 2011.
Everybody Everyday
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..
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April 25 , 2011.
CEO's
Back in the late ‘80’s I had a friendly relationship with some folks at the “JIT Office” at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). These were early..
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April 15 , 2011.
The Usual Suspects
Out of Sight, Out of our Minds
Gary was a talented, creative welder with an idea that made perfect sense to him but was not supported by conventional measures. Gary was determined..
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April 06 , 2011.
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett’s modern drama about two hobos, Vladimir and Estragon, monotonously passing time while waiting for their friend Godot (who never shows..
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March 31 , 2011.
Automotons
IT Solution
About five years ago, I had the opportunity to participate on an improvement project in a radiation oncology department. The goal was to reduce the..
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March 23 , 2011.
Rowing
I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about Poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different US..
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March 16 , 2011.
Use It Or Lose It
Dwellays
EOQ = 0
When UE, my former company, revised it’s idea system to recognize “small” ideas, there were many entries from production employees suggesting part..
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March 04 , 2011.
Epiphanitis
Back in December, I wrote a seasonal blog post entitled Epiphany to describe the exciting “aha moments” that sometimes accompany adult learning...
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March 02 , 2011.