“We Don’t Have Time for Kaizen” TAGS: bail | benefits | better | blitz | change | consulting | continuous | emergencies | event | fix | improvement | kaizen | leaks | lean | no time | operations | process | production | sports | water In a past career stop, I was in a manufacturing production meeting providing a recap of a failed Kaizen event held on the shop floor the day earlier. The event …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 →

Lean is Good Customer Service TAGS: alyson footer | alyson's footnotes | astros | beer | blitz | concession stand | cycle time | discounts | food | houston | inventory | jim crane | lean | minute maid park | operations | processes | six sigma | sports | stockouts | waste | water Yesterday, new Houston Astros owner Jim Crane announced some sweeping fan-friendly changes at Minute Maid Park that included: Cheaper tickets, some with food/merchandise credits Ticket plan rebates Beer specials all …Continue reading →

Wait, There Are More Wastes? TAGS: available space | blitz | electricity | fuel | fuel efficient vehicles | lean | lean blitz | natural gas | operations | other wastes | processes | resources | six sigma | sports | time | waste | water Well, yes, there are more wastes but they don’t fall under the category of “process wastes.” These wastes have their own way of being eliminated or minimized. Waste of utility …Continue reading →