Got Boondoggle?

For the second of four blogs reviews in my contribution to this year’s Annual Management Improvement Carnival , I will feature Lean for Ever...

It’s that time again for the Annual Management Improvement Carnival which is orchestrated by John Hunter, creator of the Curious Cat Managem...

One of our challenges in lean manufacturing is to try to level unevenness, called mura, through the value stream is improve the flow. Mura i...

Got Boondoggle is proud to host another edition of the Management Improvement Carnival . Please check out the following posts from follow le...

Can you kaizen a process making productivity gains without using a stopwatch? Most of us practice and teach the value of data driven improve...

One of the more unfortunate expressions, in my opinion, found in the lean community is “driving lean across the organization”. I hear and se...

Here is a quite funny video on the problems(opportunities) within our healthcare system as presented in an air travel parody and a case for ...

A personal highlight for me at the 2010 Northeast Shingo Prize Conference this week was the opening keynote speech and the opportunity to le...

One of the best reasons to attend Lean Conferences like the NE Shingo Prize Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island this week is to meet...

While recently teaching about Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) using the learn-by-doing approach, we were presented with a great learning ...

This year, facebook reports membership at more than 500 million active users with over 50% active each day and more than 30 billion pieces o...

What do you see in this picture? Beside a lack of any real 5S, what thoughts come to your kaizen mind about the motors? Perhaps you may th...

Over the past several years, I have encountered a growing negative view towards kaizen events, continuous improvement events, rapid improvem...

Here is a simple kaizen for motors which can be part of our Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program. 1. Remove the motor intake cover ov...

If you like the Toast Kaizen Video like I do, here is a funny parody video called "Beer Kaizen" done by KCOE. Laugh and Enjoy!

I stumbled across a relatively new lean blog called 2 Lean Principals or 2LP for short. It features lean thinking from Jason Ballard and To...

Here is a great “creativity before capital” idea using tennis balls. I have actually seen this used with excellent results in a plant lunchr...

Over my career, I have run across “difficult” people. These include no particular group; they have been bosses, co-workers, employees, team ...

As you may have noticed or perhaps not, my posting has been non-existent for the past couple of months. No worries, just focusing on my clie...

Here is an amazing presentation by RSA animate with a talk by Dan Pink on what motivates us. Great information. Enjoy and learn.