The Super Bowl Public Transit Gaffe
TAGS: blitz | bruno mars | bus | business operations | consulting | deadspin | disaster | eric grubman | lean | new york | nfl | pdsa | public | subway | super bowl | transit | transportation One of the big issues with New York hosting the Super Bowl was the intense security and limited access to the stadium grounds (no cars allowed, can’t walk to the …Continue reading →
Defects, Inventory, and Johnny Football Jerseys
TAGS: aggies | amateur | college | consulting | defect | football | ineligible | inventory | jersey | johnny | lean | lean blitz | manziel | ncaa | process | sports | tamu | texas a&m | transportation | university | warehouse | waste Last year Texas A&M ran into an issue of backordered Johnny Manziel football jerseys – they had not adequately planned for his popularity surge and could not keep his #2 …Continue reading →
#EarthDay 2013 and Conservation of Resources
TAGS: 2013 | baseball | conservation | consulting | earth day | hot dogs | inventory | lean | lean blitz | operations | sourcing | sports | strategic | transportation | waiting Today is Earth Day 2013, and the Earth Day mission is to promote actions toward environmental protection and conservation. The focus of Earth Day 2013 is The Face of Climate Change. …Continue reading →
Lean is Safety
TAGS: 5S | accident | acknowledge | address | anomaly | behavior | businessdictionary.com | continuous improvement | danger | environment | ergonomics | excess | harm | identify | inventory | leak | lean | lean blitz consulting | loss | motion | muda | mura | muri | overproduction | personnel | property | risk | safety | set in order | shine | slippery when wet | sort | standardization | standardize | straighten | strain | sustain | threat | transportation | unsafe | wastes | water | work First, let’s understand the concept of safety. Safety is defined as “relative freedom from danger, risk, or threat of harm, injury, or loss to personnel and/or property, whether caused deliberately or by accident” as per BusinessDictionary.com. So being in a safe situation …Continue reading →
Defective Product and Making a Wrong Turn
TAGS: accurate | blitz | defects | document | garmin | gps | lean | map | mapquest | operations | process | resources | rework | scrap | self-discipline | six sigma | sports | standardized | tomtom | transportation | utilization | work To continue the unintentional theme of cars as metaphors for lean… I equate the creation of defective products and services to making a wrong turn and getting lost while driving. …Continue reading →
Defects and Excess Motion at a Sandwich Shop
TAGS: activity | beach | beef | blitz | boar's head | carolina | charleston | defect | deli | edisto | excess | ham | hog | lean | mayo | meat | motion | operations | peppers | piggly wiggly | process | reduce | roast | sandwich | six sigma | south | sports | tomato | transportation | turkey | waste | wild This past weekend I visited Edisto Beach in South Carolina. (If you’ve never been, it’s lovely and relatively quiet.) After hitting the driving range just off the main drag on …Continue reading →
Sergio Tacchini, Unmet Demand, and Losing Novak Djokovic
TAGS: apparel | baseball | batching | biz | blitz | cnbc | darren | demand | djokovic | domestic | inventory | labor | lean | meetings | novak | ocean | open | operations | process | production | rovell | sergio | shipping | sigma | six | spokesman | sports | states | tacchini | tennis | transportation | united | us | waste | winter As reported by Darren Rovell with CNBC.com, tennis apparel manufacturer Sergio Tacchini and tennis superstar Novak Djokovic have parted ways. The reason there is a split is because Djokovic has …Continue reading →