Some Lean Thoughts From the Road TAGS: 5S | airblade | airlines | aisle | american | atlanta | augusta | baggage | bathroom | blitz | board | business | carry on | chicken wrap | class | consulting | continuous improvement | delta | dyson | el paso | fees | food | georgia | hotel | iron | ironing board | kaizen | lean | luggage | military | mountain | new jersey | newark | operations | pilot precise | process | santa fe | set in order | sink | soap | sports | straighten | texas | ticketing | transparency | window | zone Having spent significant time on the road the last month or so, I’ve come across many more opportunities for Kaizen or places where Lean thinking is applied well. ~~~~~~~ Airport …Continue reading →

The Masters: Temporary Structures TAGS: 5S | angc | augusta | bathroom | blitz | camera | club | concession | georgia | golf | grandstand | lean | links | masters | national | operations | patrons | phil | process | rory | scoreboard | six sigma | stand | storage | structures | teardown | tiger | tower Welcome to the Lean Blitz blog coverage of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club! Instead of analyzing the actual golf tournament being played on the links, we’ll instead be …Continue reading →

Lean is NOT Just About Cutting Costs TAGS: bathroom | capacity | concourse | lean | lean blitz | maintenance | operators | out of order | parking | sports | stadium | waste One of the important elements of lean and continuous improvement that it isn’t only about cutting expenses through waste reduction and elimination. Yes, lower costs is certainly a by-product of …Continue reading →

8 Wastes – Overprocessing TAGS: bathroom | buff | candy bar | custodian | envelope | food | fortify | groundskeeper | hair | hot dogs | lean | manipulate | mickey mouse | natural | overprocessing | overzealous | packaging | paint | painting | security software | shine | spam | stadium | standardized work | t-shirt | ticket | ticket sales | walt disney world (This is the second in a series of deeper dives into the 8 lean wastes.) “Overprocessing” in the food world refers to the continual changing/adding/fortifying/manipulating of materials that takes it …Continue reading →