Should the Buffalo Bills Play Sunday Despite The Driving Ban?
TAGS: blitz | buffalo bills | consulting | continuous improvement | cuomo | football | lean | new york jets | nfl | orchard park | ralph wilson | respect for people | six sigma | snow | sports | stadium | travel ban Significantly cold and snowy weather conditions all across the country have made mid-November feel more like January, and nowhere else in the US is it more pronounced than upstate New …Continue reading →
Hawaii Football May Fold Due To Insufficient Revenue
TAGS: blitz | close | college football | colt brennan | consulting | costs | disband | down | fbs | fold | football | hawaii | hawaii bowl | hawaii exemption | history | lean | ncaa | revenues | sugar bowl | ty detmer The University of Hawaii football program has had a strong, competitive history – BCS bowl games, record-setting Heisman candidates, hosting bowl games, participating in the highest levels of college competition …Continue reading →
Quality Systems and Notre Dame Football Suspensions
TAGS: blitz | consulting | davaris daniels | football | ishaq williams | keivarae russell | kendall moore | lean | national title game | ncaa | notre dame | operations | process | sports | suspensions The University of Notre Dame football program has taken a significant hit this past week, as four players – three slated as starters – are under investigation for academic misconduct. …Continue reading →
New Florida State Logo and Bad Supply Chain Communication
TAGS: blitz | change | china | consulting | design | face | flexible | florida state | football | guy moore | lean | licenses | logo | low price | merchandise | nike | obsolete | operations | process | six sigma | spear | sports | spring game | tallahassee | uniform Prior to their football team’s spring game, Florida State University and NikeĀ unveiled a newly-redesigned uniform and set of logos. The changes to the team’s markings has been a source of …Continue reading →
Guest Post: NFL Football and #Lean
TAGS: adapt | blitz | blog | christina | coach | consulting | football | guest | kach | lean | learn | liberty mutual | nfl | practice | practitioner | teach | tom brady | toyota Today we have a guest blog post from my friend, fellow Lean practitioner, and fellow blogger Christina Kach. She has been a guest blogger for Lean Blitz in the past, …Continue reading →
What the Matthew Stafford Sneak Shows Us About Lean
TAGS: blitz | clock | consulting | defense | detroit | flexibility | football | indicators | lean | lions | louis nix | matthew | nfl | operations | process | sneak | spike | sports | stafford | touchdown | visual With less than one minute remaining in the game and down six points at home to the Dallas Cowboys, Matthew Stafford drove the Detroit Lions down the field with the …Continue reading →
How to Better Error-Proof a Stadium Color-Out
TAGS: clemson | college football | color out | consulting | error-proofing | football | georgia | green out | lean | lean blitz | notre dame | oklahoma | orange | poka-yoke | southern cal | sports | tickets Last Saturday, in an example of what has come into vogue with college sports recently, Notre Dame attempted a “green-out” of Notre Dame Stadium during their game against Oklahoma. The …Continue reading →
Another College Football Cup Defect, This Time in Missouri
TAGS: columbia | consulting | defect | football | lean | lean blitz | missouri | operations | process | quality | sports | toldedo | toledo | uni-watch | university We have yet another cup typo at a college football game! This one comes to us from the University of Missouri, where they juuuust missed the correct spelling of Toledo. …Continue reading →
Nike Polos and Defects Leading to Recalls and Rework
TAGS: alabama | college | consulting | defect | football | frank beamer | hubris | inventory | lean | lean blitz | nick saban | nike | operations | polo | process | pullover | quality | recall | rework | sports | swoosh | uni-watch | virginia tech I spend more words beating up on jersey, polo, and t-shirt manufacturers in my posts (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). Truth be told, they are organizations ripe …Continue reading →