Happy Holidays from Lean Blitz Consulting
TAGS: charlie brown | christmas | clark griswold | consulting | happy | holidays | lean blitz | merry | muda | mura | muri | national lampoon | overburden | tree | vacation I have been absent from posting new Lean/continuous improvement content for the last month and a half, for which I apologize. Reasons for this will begin coming out in the …Continue reading →
What Your #Mother Can Teach You About #Lean
TAGS: 5S | behavior | chad | clean | consulting | family | lean | lean blitz | management | may | mother's day | organize | quality | reward | safety | time studies | tools | visual | walters Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out in the world – if it wasn’t for your mother, you wouldn’t be here to read this. It’s an understatement that my …Continue reading →
Long Overdue Thank-Yous
TAGS: augusta | baseball | blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | dayton | georgia | lean | ohio | operations | process | six sigma | sports | thanks With 2012 winding down, there are a few key posts I’d like to share before we flip the calendar to 2013. This first one is to recognize (just about) everyone …Continue reading →
Happy Thanksgiving!
TAGS: blitz | consulting | heartfelt | holiday | lean | military | operations | process | sports | thanksgiving | turkey November 2012 is the one-year anniversary of Lean Blitz. Kicked off in Ohio and relocated to Augusta, Georgia, there is a lot for which to be thankful over the last …Continue reading →
Questionable Sign Usage & Moving Trucks
TAGS: accommodate | area | blitz | cargo | fix | handle | help | lean | moving | operations | process | service | sign | six sigma | sports | sticker | stupid | truck A couple of weeks ago I posted about the process of moving south and sorting through belongings during packing and loading. I came across something that really stuck out to …Continue reading →
How a Pop-Top Can Lid is Lean
TAGS: barefoot executive | blitz | can | can opener | carrie wilkerson | electric | excess motion | fruit | lean | lean blitz | manual | operations | pop top lid | processes | safety | simplify | six sigma | soup | spaghetti-os | sports | time savings So as I was perusing Twitter, this tweet came along from Carrie Wilkerson, the Barefoot Executive (author, host, and blogger): I can relate – my semi-typical breakfast is a can of …Continue reading →
The Five Whys Analysis
TAGS: doctor | five whys | illness | lean | lean blitz | mice | misdiagnosis | mouse | problem | root cause analysis | solution | treatment | waste | why Root-cause analysis is a fancy and concise way to say “figure out the real reason something happened.” When bad or unexpected events occur, we want to know what caused it …Continue reading →
Goal Setting: Additional Information from Lifehacker
TAGS: achievable | lean | lifehacker | measurable | personal | realistic | resolutions | s.m.a.r.t. goals | specific | time-based Part of the reason I felt it best to step away from posting specific “Lean in personal life” content is because Lifehacker does it so dang well. Lots of authors …Continue reading →