The NCAA and Auditing of Processes vs. Enforcement of Rules TAGS: audit | compliance | consulting | enforcement | lean | lean blitz | mark emmert | ncaa | pat forde | president | process | rules | sports | standards | yahoo Pat Forde of Yahoo! Sports lays out the dire situation in the NCAA enforcement division. The NCAA enforcement division – the most scrutinized, controversial and perhaps vital part of the …Continue reading →

The 2013 #Masters: Coaching Is Auditing AND Facilitating Improvement TAGS: audit | auditing | augusta national golf club | benefit | coach | coaching | continuous improvement | georgia | improvement | lean blitz consulting | masters | operations | process | project | punitive | quality | sports | standards | zach johnson | zack johnson Masters Week is finally here! All of the golf world has descended upon Augusta, Georgia for April 8-14 for the 2013 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. The Masters …Continue reading →

The Filth and Disgusting Health Behaviors at Wrigley Field TAGS: 5S | baseball | big league stew | blitz | blog | chicago cubs | cleaning | concessions | consulting | disdain | disgusting | documentation | espn | everywhere | facilities | fan | feces | field | filth | filthy | five whys | gross | hands | health | indiana | inspector | issues | lean | maintenance | major league baseball | management | opening day | operating | operations | playbook | procedures | process | root cause analysis | set in order | shine | sort | sports | stadium | standardize | standards | strategy | sun-times | sustain | tpm | training | ufe | ufe.com | upkeep | urine | visual | wash | with leather | wrigley | yahoo sports I came across this little op-ed piece on ESPN.com’s Playbook about Wrigley Field being the grossest sports stadium in the four major North American sports leagues, sharing a little bit …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 →

Case Study: University of Notre Dame Football Locker Room “Deep Clean” TAGS: 5S | autonomous management | basic conditions | bcs championship | boston college | bowl game | brian kelly | captain | cleaning | continuous improvement | deep clean | espn | flu | football | harrison smith | head coach | infected | irish | kitchen | lean | locker room | notre dame stadium | processes | standards | stephon tuitt | tpm | university of notre dame | wastes | weight room While this is slightly old news now that the college football season comes to a close tonight with the BCS Championship Game, the University of Notre Dame football team experienced …Continue reading →