Content by Bruce Hamilton
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…
