Content by Bruce Hamilton
Out of Sight, Out of Our MindsProduct and services <em>can</em> be made lean in America.
Thu, 04/14/2011 - 05:30
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 to implement his idea and pressed for a closer evaluation by his supervisor when the idea was not…Rowers, Passengers, and SwimmersYou’ll find three groups of respondents for most concepts
Wed, 03/23/2011 - 06:00
I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different U.S. universities. I brought with me several devices that employees from my plant had developed,…Rowers, Passengers, and SwimmersYou’ll find three groups of respondents for most concepts
Wed, 03/23/2011 - 06:00
I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different U.S. universities. I brought with me several devices that employees from my plant had developed,…Optimize ThisThe assumptions we make about constraints can kill us
Mon, 03/07/2011 - 05:00
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 would declare that we had taken a “good inventory” at year-end when the amount of positive…Efficient in Theory, Not PracticePDCA for managers could prevent crazy metrics
Thu, 01/06/2011 - 04:30
A colleague, friend, and lean leader in health care related a story awhile back that I think is worth sharing. Joanne Marqusee, COO at Hallmark Healthcare System, was standing in line at a grocery store checkout. While she waited, Joanne recalls,…Being ThereThe virtue of nonvirtual reality
Wed, 12/15/2010 - 04:30
A couple years ago, I was consulting in a large rolling mill to help reduce late deliveries to its customers. After walking the floor for the first time with an enthusiastic 20-something engineer (let’s call him Mark), I asked for help with…Lean Wizards
Mon, 11/14/2016 - 12:13
October was Lean conference month for me: First our own Northeast Lean Conference in Worcester (pronounced “Wustah”), then the international AME conference in Dallas and finally, the mid-Atlantic Lean Conference in Timonium, Maryland. These annual…Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:03
Deming Prize recipient Ryuji Fukuda introduced a document to my company in 1989 referred to as the “X-Type Matrix for Objective Management.” Relatively unknown at the time, it’s since become a popular format for strategy deployment.
Named for the X…