What Your Father Can Teach You About Lean TAGS: augusta national golf club | blitz | cars | consulting | directions | education | fathers day | free throw | golf | happy fathers day | lean | lean consulting | operations | process | rework | spark plugs | sports | time | training Happy Fathers Day to all of the dads, grandpas, great-grandpas, uncles, and dads soon-to-be out there. Fathers Day has evolved a little bit into a day of phone calls, golf, …Continue reading →

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 →

Around The Bases: Tough Mudder Cow Patties Edition TAGS: augusta national golf club | blitz | campylobacter | coli | consulting | continuous improvement | course | craig sager | danger | donald sterling | dr jack ramsay | illness | lean | masters | mowers | nba | operations | poop | process | race | safety | six sigma | sports | tennis ball | tough mudder | trapeze fall The Tough Mudder is obviously a very popular endurance race series among the athletic and adventurous young adult population – obstacle courses through rough and dangerous terrain, the thrill of …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 →

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 →

The 2013 #Masters: Pace Penalty on Tianlang Guan TAGS: amateur | asian | augusta national golf club | china | enforce | enforcement | golf | golfer | lean blitz consulting | masters | operations | pace | penalty | pga | play | process | rules | seth godin | slow | sports | tianlang guan 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. Today we …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters: Continuous Flow of Golf Player Groups TAGS: 2013 | augusta national golf club | balance | bubba watson | continuous flow | golf | lean blitz consulting | marker | masters | operations | pin flag | process | pull | rory mcilroy | sports | threesomes | waiting 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 →

The #2013 Masters: On-Site Masters Logistics and Materials Supply Chain TAGS: 2013 | aesthetics | augusta national golf club | box trucks | customer experience | excess motion | golf carts | inventory | lean | lean blitz consulting | logistics | material handling | operations | process | sports | stockouts | temporary | the masters | transportation | waiting | warehousing | wastes | water spider 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. Augusta National …Continue reading →