Nov 27 2012
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In the Seattle Times article Boeing Dreamliner on track, but rework may stretch to 2015, aerospace executives reported to Wall Street analysts the company’s historic scientific milestone of bending the fabric of time and space, as Dreamliner production achieved a state of being both on track and notably behind at once.
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Oct 2 2012
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Interview on Tim McMahon’s A Lean Journey.
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May 9 2012
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Who else is shocked by a phrase like “Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement…”?
Since when is Lean a variation on continuous improvement? Instead, continuous improvement is a component of Lean, which includes many features that are not continuous improvement.
Kaizen does not belong in a list in parallel with Lean. It literally means “improvement” and is used in Japan to mean continuous improvement. In other words, this entry in the list refers to the list itself.
Six Sigma is a method developed at Motorola in the US to solve process capability issues and is not continuous improvement.
Is it one more list patterned after Borges’s classification of animals?
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May 2 2012
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I don’t agree with everything this blogger says, particularly when he describes the establishment of the Roman empire as a “short term” fix. In my book, 400 years of peace and prosperity is beyond the short term…
On the other hand, I think he is right when he says that “Kaizen events” are not performing continuous improvement. As an oxymoron, “Kaizen Blitz” is even better: it mixes Japanese and German in a concoction that literally means “lightning strike of continuous improvement.”
The so-called “Kaizen event” is a good tool when applied to the right opportunities, but there are two problems with it:
The French did even worse by calling the same method “Hoshin Events,” literally meaning “compass needle event.” The equally unfortunate consequence is that it makes it impossible to discuss Hoshin Planning with them.
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Dec 27 2011
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According to this article, the survey shows that continuous improvement separates the winners from the losers and drives financial gains. The body of the article, however, contains no information about the survey method. We know neither how many companies responded nor the positions of the people who responded. I assume that survey questionnaires were sent to a selected group of executives, and that some among the recipients opted to answer. I am not sure what such a sample is supposed to represent.
The article says that more respondents with continuous improvement programs expect revenue and income growth >3% in 2012 than respondents without such programs. So it is about what this self-selected sample believes will happen next year. The only statement about actual results is a similar one about cash flow for this year. Based on the article, I fail to see how the survey supports the claims in the title and subtitle.
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Feb 11 2013
Lean Manufacturing at Thomson Reuters Eagan Manufacturing, Distribution & Engineering Plant
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Employees talk about “Lean Manufacturing,” and what it means to them. They talk about continuous improvement, and participating in events, but what do they have to show in terms of changes made to operations? What they discuss most is 5S, and second to that is standard work. The say nothing of setup time reductions, improvements in flow, pull systems, mistake-proofing, or equipment modifications.
No numbers are given about achievements. The customers find the plant appealing, which is good marketing, They say they have reduced costs and improved quality, but they don’t say how much for either. The only number quoted is that an employee was able to cut his lawn mowing time at home from 3 hours to 2 by better planning his mowing route, using what he had learned at work.
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By Michel Baudin • Web scrapings • 0 • Tags: 5S, Continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing, Standard Work