Why Overpurchasing Is Wasteful TAGS: baseball winter meetings | batch | bulk | china | concession | consulting | continuous improvement | dayton | defects | discounts | excess | hats | inventory | lean | lean blitz | liquid assets | merchandise | motion | operations | overpurchasing | process | production | promotions | purchasing | safety | shipping | six sigma | sports | stand | transportation | up and running | wastes It’s very easy to get caught up in volume discounts – buy more at one time or buy earlier, and we’ll give you a price break on each piece. It …Continue reading →

The Holiday Season, Post Updates and a Blog Carnival Shout-Out TAGS: adult kickball | arrest | barack obama | baseball winter meetings | beyond lean | blitz | blog | booth | bud selig | cards | carnival | christmas | consulting | continuous improvement | curious cat | dallas | dump | election | elves | festivus | green bay packers | heisman trophy | integrity | inventory | john hunter | johnny football | johnny manziel | kaizen | kansas state | klein | lean | manti te'o | matt wrye | miami marlins | mitt romney | monday night football | nashville | nfl | notre dame | operations | process | referee | replacement | root cause analysis | roundup | salary | santa claus | seattle seahawks | sports | t'eo | texas a&m | toronto blue jays | trade | trade show Ahh, the holiday season is fully enveloping us. Everybody be happy and peaceful to one another during this stressful time of shopping, traveling, seasonal obligations (like choral activities where folks …Continue reading →

Long-Term Philosophies and the Miami Marlins Blockbuster Trade TAGS: anibal sanchez | baseball winter meetings | blitz | blockbuster | bonifacio | buehrle | consulting | continuous improvement | dallas | detroit tigers | dump | emilio | giancarlo stanton | hanley | heath bell | john buck | johnson | jose | josh | lean | long-term | los angeles dodgers | manager | mark | marlins | miami | new york mets | omar infante | operations | ozzie guillen | philosophy | pitcher | principle | process | ramirez | reyes | salary | san diego padres | shortsop | six sigma | sports | toronto blue jays | toyota way | trade Back at the 2011 Baseball Winter Meetings, the Miami Marlins were truly the stars of the show. With a new taxpayer-funded stadium ready to open and a roster already featuring …Continue reading →

State of the Lean Blitz Blog: April 2012 TAGS: activities | alignment | apparel | atlanta | audience | augusta | baseball | baseball winter meetings | basketball | bat | ben hill | blitz | blue | braun | braves | championship | club | cnbc.com | columbus | comments | communication | concessions | consultants | continuous | customer | darren rovell | david schoenfield | dayton | e-book | elmore | email | espn.com | experience | facebook | five whys | followers | football | georgia | giveaway | golf | google | greenjackets | group | hot dog | improvement | jackets | jersey | knowledge | lean | locker room | manufacturing | mascot | masters | merchandise | minor league | moneyball | movie | national | ncaa | notre dame | ohio | operations | pin flag | plus | principles | process | questions | respond | ryan | satisfaction | season | service | seth godin | silver hawks | six sigma | sneezers | Soccer | south bend | sports | sportsbiz | steroids | subscribers | subscriptions | sweetspot | t-shirt | tools | tournament | toyota way | twitter | waste | wastes I figured that since the blog is between 5-6 months old now that I provide a “state of the blog” address – what has changed since the blog first kicked …Continue reading →

Baseball Trade Show – Mascot Manufacturing TAGS: audit | baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | costumes | data | erp system | inventory | lead times | lean | manufacturing | mascots | reorder point | safety stock | visual factory I had a chance to speak with a company that designs and manufactures mascot suits at the Baseball Trade Show last week. This company’s booth had a few mascot suits …Continue reading →

Baseball Trade Show – Licensed Merchandise TAGS: apparel | baseball winter meetings | china | jit | just in time | lean | major league baseball | manufacturing | merchandise | pittsburgh pirates On the first day of the Baseball Trade Show I was approached by a manufacturer/distributor of licensed merchandise for Major League Baseball about some issues he expects to encounter. His …Continue reading →

A Lean Discussion With My Grandma TAGS: baseball winter meetings | brochure | cans | chicago | dallas texas | envelope | excess inventory | floor | grandma | green beans | inventory | kitchen | money | o'hare | pantry | sales After flying out of Dallas from the Baseball Winter Meetings and landing in Chicago, I was all set to drive home to Ohio but stopped off to stay at my …Continue reading →

Defects Example – FedEx Office TAGS: baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | brochures | copies | dallas | defect | defects | fedex | fedex office | lean | printing | rental car | rework | scrap | texas | waste | xerox My experience at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas has provided me with an excellent illustration of where defects can be costly for consumers and for suppliers. I chose to …Continue reading →

Baseball Winter Meetings – Prologue Recap TAGS: agent | baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | espn | hilton anatole | job fair | john kruk | jon morosi | jonah keri | lean | major league baseball | mlb | mlb network | peter gammons | sportscenter Greetings from the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas! I arrived on Sunday and I’m certainly glad I came early because so many other folks did too! The Hilton Anatole lobby …Continue reading →

Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas! TAGS: baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | dallas texas | hilton anatole | job fair | quint creative signs | schlegel creative | trade show booth Lean Blitz will be at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas! Stop by booth 1420! And look for this banner… See you next week!

Welcome to Lean Blitz Consulting! TAGS: baseball | baseball winter meetings | blitz | chad walters | first | football | lean | lean blitz | new | november | opening | operations | post | process | six sigma | small business | sports | strategy | welcome My name is Chad Walters, and thank you for visiting Lean Blitz Consulting. Lean Blitz is a blog dedicated to showing you, dear reader, how to be more efficient by using …Continue reading →