Revisiting Notre Dame’s Gauntlet Machine Fiasco and Respect For People TAGS: brian kelly | cam mcdaniel | consulting | error | gauntlet | leadership | lean | lean blitz | notre dame | operations | process | respect for people | snafu | sports | visual Not too long ago we covered the gauntlet machine snafu with the Notre Dame football team during practice. More information has come forward in the story that shows Brian Kelly …Continue reading →

Defective Voting Machines During 2012 Election TAGS: 2012 | barack | blitz | broken | consulting | defect | election | error | lean | machine | mitt | obama | operations | pdca | pdsa | poll | president | process | romney | six sigma | sports | technology | touch screen | vote | voting | waste Yesterday a video was posted online of someone trying to use the electronic voting booth machine with some potential unintended consequences. Defective voting machines!! That could be a big problem. …Continue reading →

NFL Replacement Referees and Lack of Standardized Work TAGS: accuracy | agreement | bargaining | blitz | book | collective | consulting | continuous improvement | denver broncos | error | experience | four timeouts | john fox | knowledge | lean | lean wastes | national football league | new orleans saints | nfl | operations | players | process | referees | replacement | rules | seattle seahawks | six sigma | sports | standardized work | training | union | work instruction So, NFL, how are these replacement referees working out for you? Between snagging one off the street who turned out to have significant New Orleans Saints allegiances to the lack …Continue reading →

Imagery of Poka-Yoke TAGS: cable | computer | consulting | continuous improvement | defects | error | feedback | hdmi | imgur | lean | lean blitz | mistake | operations | orientation | plug | poka | poka-yoke | pokayoke | process | proofing | rca | rework | scrap | sports | stereo | technology | time | tools | toy | usb | wastes | yoke A quick little background on “poka-yoke.” Also written by others as “pokayoke” or “poka yoke,” it all refers to error-proofing or mistake-proofing. And what do those terms mean? Why, making …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Graphics Gaffe TAGS: #chyronfail | 2012 | blitz | broadcast | canada | consulting | defect | error | flags | germany | great britain | lean | london | nbc | olympics | operations | process | russia | sports | summer | tape delay | united states | wrong This is a shot of an NBC broadcast during the Olympics. I located this image as I was perusing the internet this weekend for Olympics coverage. For NBC to get …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: Women’s Gymnastics Vault Problems in Sydney Olympics TAGS: 2000 | 2012 | all-around | allana slater | annika reeder | audit | australia | bad | blitz | consulting | david haviland | defect | elise ray | error | error-proofing | five whys | fulltwist.net | gymbits | gymnastics | height | horse | ignored | judges | khorkina | lean | london | mckayla maroney | medal | officials | olympics | operations | poka-yoke | process | root cause analysis | russian | setting | specifications | sports | svetlana | sydney | table | unsafe | vault | women's gymnastics Many of you watched women’s gymnastics at the Olympics this year, so you got the chance to see the gymnasts perform the vault event using a vaulting table. However, twelve …Continue reading →

2012 Summer Olympics: North Korean Flag Flub at Olympic Soccer Match TAGS: al dallas | apologies | blitz | ceremonies | colombia | consulting | error | flag | gaffe | games | glasgow | halifax | kim jong un | korea | lean | locog | london | niccy | north | olympics | opening | operations | organizers | peace | political | problem | process | producer | production | pyongyang | rbw logistics | rocket | scotland | seoul | six sigma | Soccer | south | sports | treaty | united states | video | war | women Despite the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies occurring on Friday, some of the sports like soccer have already kicked off qualifying matches. It didn’t take long for an organizational gaffe …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #5 – Identifying Problems TAGS: 5 | andon | baseline | blitz | comparison | engines | error | fix | human | implementation | jidoka | judgment | lean | lights | mechanical | operations | perfect | principle | problems | process | production | quality | scenario | service | six sigma | soon | sports | standards | stop | system | toyota | way As previously posted, the fifth principle from The Toyota Way: “Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality right the first time.” In order to stop and …Continue reading →