ASQ Influential Voices: The Value of Appropriate Training
TAGS: asq | audit | augusta greenjackets | concessions | consulting | customer | customers | expectations | influential voices | lean | lean blitz | learning | manager | measure | operations | paul borawski | process | quality | sports | training In August, ASQ CEO Paul Borawski penned his thoughts about companies providing training around quality, using data from the Global State of Quality survey to show that companies with centralized …Continue reading →
Seth Godin, Lean Thinker
TAGS: blog | cell phones | consulting | defect | error-proof | godin | kodak | lean | lean blitz | polaroid | process | purple cow | quality | scuff | seth | seth godin | shoes I concede that I am one of the world’s biggest fans of Seth Godin’s work. For those of you who don’t know, Seth is more than just a marketing and …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 →
Gold’s Gym and a Failure in Quality
TAGS: arms | asq | bad | cardio | consulting | core | customer | equipment | exercise | expectations | gold's gym | influential voices | lean | lean blitz | legs | machines | north augusta | plan | quality | south carolina | trainer | workout I’m essentially clueless about physical training. There’s a lot I need to change about my overall physical fitness. I’m a semi-healthy eater when I’m at home, but when it comes …Continue reading →
What is Quality?
TAGS: asq | availability | consulting | defects | fitness for use | juran | lean | lean blitz | logo | philip crosby | quality | quality digest | rolex | sam houston state | timepiece | value | watch Because there are quite a few new readers of the Lean Blitz Blog (after the Masters pin flag giveaway and ASQ Influential Voices program participation both boosted viewership and subscribers) …Continue reading →
What Your #Mother Can Teach You About #Lean
TAGS: 5S | behavior | chad | clean | consulting | family | lean | lean blitz | management | may | mother's day | organize | quality | reward | safety | time studies | tools | visual | walters Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out in the world – if it wasn’t for your mother, you wouldn’t be here to read this. It’s an understatement that my …Continue reading →
