Quality Applications at The Masters – ASQ Section Presentation TAGS: american society for quality | applications | asq | augusta national golf club | blitz | consulting | golf | lean | luke donald | masters | quality | safety | six sigma On Tuesday I presented to the ASQ Central Savannah River section (Augusta, Georgia) on quality applications demonstrated during The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. ASQ Savannah River Section Mtg …Continue reading →

2014 Masters: Bubba Golf and Kaizen Thinking TAGS: augusta national | blitz | bubba golf | bubba watson | champion | clubs | consulting | golf | ideas | kaizen | lean | masters | operations | process | sports Bubba Watson is in the last pairing for the final round of The Masters at Augusta National today. He is a past Masters champion, having won in 2012 in a …Continue reading →

2014 Masters: Temporary Elimination of Masters Security Protocols? TAGS: augusta national | blitz | consulting | golf | golf club | lean | masters | masters security | operations | process | protocol | safety | securitas | sports | standard work The typical Masters security process and protocol is standard but rigorous – no cell phones or weapons, no outside food or beverage, prepare to walk through a metal detector, and …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 →

2014 Masters: Eisenhower Tree Removal Will Change The Game TAGS: adam scott | augusta georgia | augusta national golf club | blitz | change | consulting | eisenhower tree | golf | ice storm | ike's tree | lean | lean manufacturing | masters | pax | tournament Imagine a manufacturing process that has operated in mostly the same way every year. The same suppliers, the same machines, the same internal process steps. Extremely consistent inputs and outputs, …Continue reading →

2014 Masters: Practice Round Rainout Policy TAGS: 2014 | augusta national golf club | blitz | consulting | golf | lean | lean manufacturing | masters | masters rainout | masters rainout policy | operations | policy | process | rainout | respect for people | sports The 2014 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club is here! Sadly, for the first time in over ten years, inclement weather has forced the closure of a round at The …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 →

Masters Pin Flag Giveaway Winners TAGS: consulting | giveaway | lean | lean blitz | masters | pin flag Finally. I can finally announce the winners of the Masters Pin Flag Giveaway, six weeks after the Masters. It took a little while because I had to confirm mailing addresses, …Continue reading →

Guest Post: What #Lean Can Learn from Sports TAGS: basketball | boston | boston marathon | catch careers | christina kach | curling | field | golf | guest post | lean | lean blitz consulting | sme lean bronze certified | softball | sports | stephen colbert | track I am again off to the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Indianapolis, so today we have a guest blog post from my friend, fellow Lean practitioner, and …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters Pin Flag Giveaway TAGS: adam scott | augusta | australia | club | coozie | facebook | free | giveaway | golf | green jacket | guide | lean blitz consulting | marketing | masters | national | pin flag | program | spectator | subscribe | tee | towel | twitter Masters Week here in Augusta has come and gone – a great playoff victory to Adam Scott earns him the green jacket and golf immortality (if such a thing exists). …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters: Use of Temporary Labor TAGS: augusta | birth of a new workforce | club | concessions | core | critical | golf | golf shop | labor | lean | lean blitz consulting | masters | mau | national | noncore | randy hatcher | securitas | security | staffing | temporary Masters Week has finally come and gone! All of the golf world descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Now …Continue reading →

The 2013 Masters: Low Scores and Standardized Work TAGS: albatross | augusta national | clubs | continuous improvement | golf | golf club | history | kaizen | lean | lean blitz consulting | louis oosthuizen | masters | operations | par | process | sports | standardized work | streamline | takt time | tiger woods Masters Week is finally here! All of the golf world has descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. Last year …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters: Coaching Is Auditing AND Facilitating Improvement TAGS: audit | auditing | augusta national golf club | benefit | coach | coaching | continuous improvement | georgia | improvement | lean blitz consulting | masters | operations | process | project | punitive | quality | sports | standards | zach johnson | zack johnson Masters Week is finally here! All of the golf world has descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters …Continue reading →