Tennessee Baseball – Nation’s Fastest Field Cleanup
TAGS: 5S | baseball | cleanup | college | consulting | field | fun | kaizen | lean | lean blitz | operations | six sigma | sports | standardized work | tennessee | thinking The University of Tennessee baseball team claims to have the nation’s fastest pregame field cleanup. Before home games the players sprint out to handle cleanup tasks at the end of …Continue reading →
Hitting the Reset Button for 2014
TAGS: 2014 | consulting | continuous improvement | french bulldog | leadership | lean | lean blitz | melky cabrera | reset button | six sigma | sports As I posted in late 2013, 2013 was both a good year and a pretty tough year. There are three reasons behind why 2013 was difficult: – One was a …Continue reading →
Waving Goodbye to 2013
TAGS: 2013 | 2014 | asq | beyond lean | blog | consulting | happy | karen martin | lean blitz | lean blog | mark graban | matt wrye | new year | operations | podcast | process | pug | rob neyer | sports In short, 2013 was a pretty tough year, both personally and professionally. Some really great opportunities presented themselves, while I also found there is a great deal of professional growth …Continue reading →
Happy Holidays from Lean Blitz Consulting
TAGS: charlie brown | christmas | clark griswold | consulting | happy | holidays | lean blitz | merry | muda | mura | muri | national lampoon | overburden | tree | vacation I have been absent from posting new Lean/continuous improvement content for the last month and a half, for which I apologize. Reasons for this will begin coming out in the …Continue reading →
Penn State Football Oversells Tickets to Sold Out Game
TAGS: consulting | deal | defects | glitch | lean | lean blitz | michigan | oversell | penn state | rework | scrap | student | ticketmaster | tickets | white out The opposite of having too much inventory you can’t sell is selling inventory you don’t have and confirming orders you cannot fulfill. Both can be equally costly – inventory absorbs …Continue reading →
Pink NFL Penalty Flags Surprisingly Cause Confusion
TAGS: awareness | breast | cancer | confusion | consulting | flag | lean | lean blitz | month | nfl | official | penalty | pink | visual indicators Starting last Thursday, the NFL will bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month the same way they have for the last few years – players, coaches, and officials will sport …Continue reading →
Major League Baseball Expands Instant Replay, Joins 21st Century
TAGS: armando gallaraga | bud selig | consulting | don denkinger | instant replay | jim joyce | john farrell | john schuerholz | lean | lean blitz | major league baseball | operations | process | sports Last month it was announced that there would be an expansion of Major League Baseball instant replay use and umpire video reviews of in-game calls, with some process similarities to the NFL’s …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 →
Obvious Bad Calls and the Case For Instant Replay
TAGS: blown | call | cb bucknor | consulting | instant replay | lean | lean blitz | marlins | mlb | operations | phillies | process | rich kruger | sports During last night’s semi-meaningless game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins, this play and subsequent call happened. Umpire CB Bucknor called the runner out. FYI, the rule in …Continue reading →