Lean Oops! Random Stuff on the Internet TAGS: allen wrench | blitz | consulting | continuous improvement | convenient | dispenser | failblog | fix | i can has cheezburger | lean | machine | operations | optimization | packing | postage | postal service | process | salad | soap | sports | tape | there i fixed it | usps | vending So from time to time I check out reddit.com, the “Front Page of the Internet.” A community of readers and commenters post interesting (and mostly funny) things they find around …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #5: Stopping to Fix Problems TAGS: better | blitz | broken | car | cheaper | culture | easier | five | fix | lean | light | operations | principle | problems | process | repair | six sigma | sports | tail | tape | temporary | toyota | way It really pains me to see cars tape up body fixtures like broken tail lights. It looks so tacky AND fails to provide suitable coverage and protection. Sure, it’s a …Continue reading →

Lean Oops! O’Hare Parking Lot Exit TAGS: 2011 | airport | band-aid | baseball | blitz | camera | cheap | chicago | electrical | fixes | lean | lot | meetings | o'hare | parking | permanent | six sigma | tape | temporary | there i fixed it | winter (I wouldn’t normally post a photo so large, but this is the only way to see the anomaly.) So when I returned to O’Hare Airport in Chicago after the Baseball …Continue reading →

Lean Tools: 5S, Set in Order, and Rosie the Robot TAGS: 5S | a place for everything | blitz | bucket | everything in its place | faulty | floor marking | indicators | jetsons | lean | lugnut | operations | processes | robot | rosie | set in order | shadowboards | six sigma | sort | spacely | sports | sprockets | tape | visual There is an episode of the Jetsons where George brings home a faulty lugnut from his place of employment, Spacely Sprockets. Because nuts and bolts are apparently like candy to …Continue reading →