Should the Buffalo Bills Play Sunday Despite The Driving Ban? TAGS: blitz | buffalo bills | consulting | continuous improvement | cuomo | football | lean | new york jets | nfl | orchard park | ralph wilson | respect for people | six sigma | snow | sports | stadium | travel ban Significantly cold and snowy weather conditions all across the country have made mid-November feel more like January, and nowhere else in the US is it more pronounced than upstate New …Continue reading →

Hawaii Football May Fold Due To Insufficient Revenue TAGS: blitz | close | college football | colt brennan | consulting | costs | disband | down | fbs | fold | football | hawaii | hawaii bowl | hawaii exemption | history | lean | ncaa | revenues | sugar bowl | ty detmer The University of Hawaii football program has had a strong, competitive history – BCS bowl games, record-setting Heisman candidates, hosting bowl games, participating in the highest levels of college competition …Continue reading →

Quality Systems and Notre Dame Football Suspensions TAGS: blitz | consulting | davaris daniels | football | ishaq williams | keivarae russell | kendall moore | lean | national title game | ncaa | notre dame | operations | process | sports | suspensions The University of Notre Dame football program has taken a significant hit this past week, as four players – three slated as starters – are under investigation for academic misconduct. …Continue reading →

Around The Bases: NFL Draft Jerseys Edition TAGS: baseball | blitz | bryce harper | consulting | continuous improvement | cover | football | formula one | jerseys | lean | mark graban | martin maldonado | nfl draft | nfl draft jerseys | nike | operations | optimization | pit stop | process | respect for people | seth godin | sports | tear | video The NFL Draft and Nike came up with a neat concept in 2012 – a way to present each first round draft pick at the Draft in New York with …Continue reading →

New Florida State Logo and Bad Supply Chain Communication TAGS: blitz | change | china | consulting | design | face | flexible | florida state | football | guy moore | lean | licenses | logo | low price | merchandise | nike | obsolete | operations | process | six sigma | spear | sports | spring game | tallahassee | uniform Prior to their football team’s spring game, Florida State University and Nike unveiled a newly-redesigned uniform and set of logos. The changes to the team’s markings has been a source of …Continue reading →

More Exposed Mistreatment of NFL Cheerleaders TAGS: bills | blitz | buffalo | cheerleaders | consulting | jills | lean | nfl | operations | process | respect for people | six sigma | sports After the first in-depth analysis of the unfair treatment of the Raiderettes, the Oakland Raiders cheerleaders, more and more squads of NFL cheerleaders are coming forward sharing similar stories 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 →

Guest Post: NFL Football and #Lean TAGS: adapt | blitz | blog | christina | coach | consulting | football | guest | kach | lean | learn | liberty mutual | nfl | practice | practitioner | teach | tom brady | toyota Today we have a guest blog post from my friend, fellow Lean practitioner, and fellow blogger Christina Kach. She has been a guest blogger for Lean Blitz in the past, …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 →

Around The Bases: Super Bowl Concessions Edition TAGS: adam silver | baltimore ravens | basketball | blitz | cheerleaders | concessions | consulting | david stern | day | delaware north | denver broncos | elvis dumervil | food | groundhog | lean | nba | new york | northwestern | phil | pro bowl | punxsutawney | respect for people | roger goodell | seattle seahawks | secaucus | security | service | standardized work | subway | super bowl | train | unionize The concessions available at the Super Bowl will be fantastic, and the outsourced food service provider Delaware North is preparing for the onslaught of concessions demand. The Buffalo, N.Y., company …Continue reading →

How Peyton Manning Demonstrates PDSA TAGS: blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | lean | operations | pdca | pdsa | peyton manning | plan do study act | plan do study adjust | process | seattle seahawks | sports | sunday | super bowl Plan-Do-Study-Adjust (or Act) is a simple cyclical continuous improvement tool that we all use every day but don’t often realize it. Properly applied, PDSA helps us properly define a problem …Continue reading →

Around the Bases: NFL Pro Bowl Edition TAGS: blitz | challenge | championship | consulting | continuous improvement | donate | elimination | exhibition | extra points | gear | hawaii | instant replay | internships | justin bieber | lean | merchandise | modell's | national football league | new england patriots | nfl | oakland raiders | operations | pro bowl | process | quarterback | raiderettes | ratings | respect for people | richard sherman | roger goodell | safety | sports | television | tourism | WinCraft With the two-week gap between the NFL conference championship games and the Super Bowl upon us, all of the sporting world’s attention is now honed in on the NFL Pro …Continue reading →

Curious Cat Management Blog Carnival Annual Review – Part II TAGS: asq | blitz | blog | bryce harper | consulting | curious cat | detroit lions | dmaic | gary kubiak | george carlin | houston texans | jim schwartz | john hunter | karen martin | lean | lean blog | mark graban | michael jordan | nfl | nick saban | operations | podcast | process | sports | the masters | the outstanding organization | value stream mapping As stated yesterday, John Hunter of the Curious Cat Management Blog hosts an annual review of blogs, penned by other management blog authors. I will cover four blogs total, having started with two …Continue reading →

Around the Bases: MLB Instant Replay Edition TAGS: 2014 | anita brody | basketball | blitz | chapel hill | concussion | consulting | espn | green bay packers | instant replay | lean | mary willingham | mlb | nfl | north carolina | operations | outside the lines | playoffs | process | rob neyer | roger goodell | settlement | sports | survey Because there are so many individual examples of Lean thinking either being used or being applicable in sports – based on my overflowing bookmarks queue the latter clearly takes the …Continue reading →

Richie Incognito, Miami Dolphins, and Respect for People TAGS: blitz | bullying | consulting | continuous | culture | daily show | espn | football | harassment | improvement | joe philbin | jonathan martin | lean | miami dolphins | nfl | operations | process | respect for people | richie incognito | sports | tolerance The Jonathan Martin/Richie Incognito/Miami Dolphins coverage has been going for about a week now and I’m not going to jump into all of the details of what did or did …Continue reading →