Archive for August, 2008
Lastest Discussion of 8th Waste
Over at NWLean there’s been quite a riff on the 8th waste. Eventually, the contributors concluded that recreating knowledge is the one true 8th waste. While it’s hard to argue with any of the writers’ arguments, getting at the roots of that waste is where we can begin to take effective action.
Waste in production, services, healthcare and construction are pervasive and seemingly intractable. Ohno and others noticed that. We’ve also noticed that the opportunity for waste reduction is right in front of us. All we have to do is tap the ingenuity of the workforce. The key question for me is, “What gets in the way of doing so?” It was that question that led Greg Howell and I to observe participants in the construction process.
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Construction Software Selection Checklist
Houston Neal offers a high-level feature comparison checklist for beginning a software evaluation.
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Construction Safety – Good News or Bad
Beware of headlines. ENR reports: Fatalities Fell in 2007, Labor Dept. Reports. The story leads by telling us construction deaths were down 5% in 2007. Shall we celebrate? I think not. Have a look:
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You don’t have to be a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt to see that the latest results are consistent with the expected results. The mean for the five years is 1,195 deaths and the standard deviation is 44. The latest year is within 1 standard deviation of the mean. A more accurate headline might read
No Change in Construction Fatalities. But the situation is worse than the headline suggests.
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Wisdom from Professor Rao
“Smart organizations make difficult things simple,” from Bob Sutton’s Work Matters.
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