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: How Weather Affects Concessions and Masters Merchandise Inventories TAGS: 2014 | augusta | augusta national | blitz | club | concessions | consulting | continuous improvement | eisenhower tree | food | georgia | golf | inventory | lean | masters | merchandise | operations | process | sports | waste | weather Typically springtime weather in all parts of the country is crazy and hard to predict, but the last three years have seen upwards of 90-degree temperatures during The Masters Tournament …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 →

ASQ Influential Voices: Sports Industry Manufacturing TAGS: adidas | andrew luck | asq | authentic | baseball | bell | blitz | consulting | domestic | easton | fabric | football | helmets | influential voices | jersey | johnny manziel | lean | made in the usa | manufacturing | moisture | new balance | nike | operations | process | production | quality | reshoring | riddell | shoes | sports | synthetic | under armour | wicking In a recent post in his blog A View From The Q, soon-to-be-retiring American Society for Quality (ASQ) CEO Paul Borawski gave a quick evaluation of the results from this …Continue reading →

Royals Fan Sues Team After Hot Dog Injury TAGS: baseball | blitz | blue jackets | Brittanie Cecil | columbus | consulting | continuous improvement | death | error-proof | hierarchy | hot dog | kansas city royals | lawsuit | lean | legal | mascot | nets | nhl | operations | poka-yoke | process | safety | six sigma | sluggerrr | sports | stadium This past season a fan attending a Kansas City Royals baseball game was injured by a hot dog thrown at him by the Royals mascot Sluggerrr. Now he is suing …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 →

Defects, Inventory, and Johnny Football Jerseys TAGS: aggies | amateur | college | consulting | defect | football | ineligible | inventory | jersey | johnny | lean | lean blitz | manziel | ncaa | process | sports | tamu | texas a&m | transportation | university | warehouse | waste Last year Texas A&M ran into an issue of backordered Johnny Manziel football jerseys – they had not adequately planned for his popularity surge and could not keep his #2 …Continue reading →

Defects and the Aaron Hernandez Jersey Exchange Fallout TAGS: aaron hernandez | arrest | consulting | defects | exchange | football | goodwill | jersey | lean | lean blitz | murder | new england | operations | patriots | process | replace | sports | swap Very quickly, one of the strongest NFL position groups – New England Patriots’ tight end – is becoming a weakness. First, Rob Gronkowski had another surgery earlier this week, and …Continue reading →

#EarthDay 2013 and Conservation of Resources TAGS: 2013 | baseball | conservation | consulting | earth day | hot dogs | inventory | lean | lean blitz | operations | sourcing | sports | strategic | transportation | waiting Today is Earth Day 2013, and the Earth Day mission is to promote actions toward environmental protection and conservation. The focus of Earth Day 2013 is The Face of Climate Change. …Continue reading →

Goodbye, Unwanted TSA Airport Naked Body Scanners! TAGS: administration | airport | body | continuous improvement | eric ries | hassle | implementation | invade | invasive | lean blitz consulting | lean startup | minimum viable product | naked | pilot | privacy | problem | public | scanner | scans | scrap | security | transportation | tsa | tsa.gov | waste Last month the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced they were finally doing away with the awkward naked-body scanning imaging systems. When they were first introduced in 2007 they came under …Continue reading →