ASQ Influential Voices: Why is Strategy Important? TAGS: asq | bill troy | blitz | consulting | cost | delivery | hoshin | influential voices | kanri | lean | operations | planning | priority | process | quality | safety | sports | sqdc boards | strategy This month’s entry from ASQ’s A View From The Q blog, written by ASQ CEO Bill Troy, centers around strategy – specifically, what is the purpose of strategy and how …Continue reading →

The Miami Marlins and Why Throwing Money At Problems Doesn’t Make Sense TAGS: ame | art byrne | baseball | ceo | consulting | contracts | espn | hoshin kanri | jeffrey loria | league | lean | lean blitz | major | mark graban | marlins | miami | payroll | spending | strategy I’ve piled on the Miami Marlins before (see here and here) but the organization continues to shoot itself in the foot. I won’t get into any more of those details. …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 →

Chicago Cubs and Correcting Mistakes Immediately TAGS: accountability | accountable | blitz | chicago | communication | correct | cubs | dave | footwork | lean | mental | mistakes | operations | positioning | principle | process | six sigma | spring | strategy | sveum | technique | toyota | training | way | world series New manager Dave Sveum has brought a “new philosophy” to the Chicago Cubs this year in spring training – correcting mistakes immediately, greater accountability, and working to get it right …Continue reading →

Why Is Lean Important Today? (More Fatalistic View) TAGS: activities | change | consulting | critical | cut costs | flexibility | implement | lean | lean blitz | open mind | operations | process | reduce | save money | savings | sports | strategy | time | waste So we’re struggling through the worst economic downturn in our lifetimes, and based on the varying opinions of all the economic experts no one knows for sure when it will …Continue reading →

Welcome to Lean Blitz Consulting! TAGS: baseball | baseball winter meetings | blitz | chad walters | first | football | lean | lean blitz | new | november | opening | operations | post | process | six sigma | small business | sports | strategy | welcome My name is Chad Walters, and thank you for visiting Lean Blitz Consulting. Lean Blitz is a blog dedicated to showing you, dear reader, how to be more efficient by using …Continue reading →