A Surge in Major League Baseball Giveaway Defects TAGS: american | blitz | bobblehead | china | consulting | continuous improvement | defect | giveaway | jersey | king soopers | league | lean | major league baseball | mets | miguel cabrera | mvp | national | oops | operations | phillies | process | promotion | sports | troy tulowitzki | truck | tulowizki | w.b. mason Over the last 30 days, there have been at least three significantly notable Major League Baseball giveaway snafus with roots in poor quality. First, the Colorado Rockies celebrated their superstar …Continue reading →

2014 Masters: Masters Media Guide Reprinting After Eisenhower Tree Felling TAGS: 2014 | augusta national golf club | blitz | consulting | eisenhower tree | golf | guide | ice storm | lean | lean manufacturing | masters | media | operations | printing | process | reprint Earlier this winter Augusta suffered through a major ice storm that destroyed trees all over the region. Augusta National Golf Club was no exception and the Eisenhower Tree, one of …Continue reading →

The Super Bowl Public Transit Gaffe TAGS: blitz | bruno mars | bus | business operations | consulting | deadspin | disaster | eric grubman | lean | new york | nfl | pdsa | public | subway | super bowl | transit | transportation One of the big issues with New York hosting the Super Bowl was the intense security and limited access to the stadium grounds (no cars allowed, can’t walk to the …Continue reading →

College Football 2013 – More Johnny Football, Notre Dame Fig Thing, and Jersey Snafus TAGS: arkansas | autograph | cannon | carolin | college | consulting | cup | defects | fig thing | football | fry | jersey | johnny | lean | lean blitz | manziel | north carolina | notre dame | penalty | safety | smu | snafu | south carolina | t-shirt | texas a&m | texas tech Welcome to the 2013 college football season! I had the good fortune of spending my weekend in Death Valley for the Georgia-Clemson game, and some observations from that experience will …Continue reading →

Hours Before Marlon Byrd T-Shirt Night, Mets Trade Marlon Byrd TAGS: baseball | consulting | continuous improvement | defects | free | inventory | lean | lean blitz | local | manufacturer | marlon byrd | mets | new york | night | pirates | pittsburgh | printer | sourcing | sports | supplier | t-shirt | trade Today the New York Mets traded outfielder Marlon Byrd to the Pittsburgh Pirates via post-trade deadline waiver claim. Normally these kinds of trades are newsworthy because the Pirates are fighting …Continue reading →

Guest Post: A Clown Post About Bryce Harper and Warnings TAGS: alamodome | bryce harper | chavez ravine | consulting | lean | lean blitz | leanblog | mark graban | operations | outfield | process | sports | stitches | wall | warning track | washington nationals Today we have another guest post, this time from fellow blogger Mark Graban of LeanBlog.org, one of the top-read blogs about Lean today. Mark is a Lean consultant in healthcare …Continue reading →

Genchi Genbutsu & Manti Te’o’s Draft Stock TAGS: actual place actual thing | bcs championship | combine | consulting | draft | football | gemba | genbutsu | genchi | go and see | go and see for yourself | lean | lean blitz | lennay kekua | manti | nfl | notre dame | operations | sports | t'eo We have been inundated with the story of Manti Te’o and the girlfriend hoax, especially this past weekend as the NFL Draft unfolded. Te’o is one of the most award-decorated …Continue reading →

Team Websites Facilitate the Sales Process TAGS: augusta | baseball | broken | consulting | continuous improvement | funnel | greenjackets | lean | lean blitz | minor league | phone number | process | sales | sports | website | yellow pages Lean is the operational management philosophy about providing exactly what the client wants, when they want it, and in the condition/location where they want it, all while doing it as …Continue reading →

Lean Oops!: Slightly Political Edition TAGS: barack obama | car | continuous improvement | debt collection | epson | fax | fax machine | firefighter | kid stuck in toy machine | lean | lean blitz consulting | made in china | made in usa | mitt romney | oops | operations | parking | politics | printer | process | six sigma | sports | walmart | water fountain As is a theme that I hope continues, here are some more Lean Oops! scenarios courtesy of contributors to Reddit.

Lean Oops!: More Internet Images! TAGS: airplane | blame | ceiling fan | cookie | door handle | duct tape | flowchart | handicapped | handles | imgur | lean | lean blitz consulting | lean meme | leanblog.org | light | mark graban | meme | oil field | operations | painting | parking lot | process | reddit | reddit.com | redditor | sandwich | sign | six sigma | space | sports | staple | subway | subways | switch | there i fixed it | thereifixedit | vigor With as much content that can be found at Reddit.com and ThereIFixedIt.com, this might have to become a regular weekend feature. I hope duct tape isn’t a commonly-used repair tool …Continue reading →

Lean Oops! Random Stuff on the Internet TAGS: allen wrench | blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | convenient | dispenser | failblog | fix | i can has cheezburger | lean | machine | operations | optimization | packing | postage | postal service | process | salad | soap | sports | tape | there i fixed it | usps | vending So from time to time I check out reddit.com, the “Front Page of the Internet.” A community of readers and commenters post interesting (and mostly funny) things they find around …Continue reading →