LeBron James, Indiana Hoosiers, and Efficiency TAGS: consulting | efficiency | indiana university | lean blitz | lebron james | miami heat | operations | points per possession | process | six sigma | sports | victor oladipo There’s a new Lean-related blog out on the interwebs about math calculations as they relate to Lean. The blog? LeanMath.com. They’re working on putting easy-to-understand spins on some less-than-obvious definitions …Continue reading →

Vision and Value TAGS: ability | action | annie | associate | blitz | brand | cat food | cereal | consultant | consulting | detergent | difference | director | electronics | engineer | eradicate | expert | field | fish | fix | function | guru | improvement | indiana | irreplaceable | kelley | laundry | leader | lean | leibovitz | management | manager | marketing | mba | mentor | operations | opportunity | partner | photographer | pipe | plan | plumber | process | profession | retail | school | service | six sigma | sports | teach | university | value | vision | visualize Everybody has the opportunity to create value, in one fashion or another. A person can merely be a “warm body” that stands in as part of a process creating a …Continue reading →

The Big Oops with the Barclays Center TAGS: astros | bank | barclays | blitz | brooklyn | center | ceo | consulting | continuous | diamond | embarrassment | england | enron | europe | field | fixing | forfeit | franchise | houston | improvement | introduce | jay-z | lean | lite | maid | manipulating | miller | minute | move | naming | nba | nets | new jersey | new york times | operations | optimization | park | participants | pictures | process | rate | resign | rights | robert | scandal | six sigma | sports | stadium | supervisor | team You know the phrases “too many chefs in the kitchen” and “too many Chiefs, not enough Indians” or “a camel is a horse designed by a committee?” Too many people …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #8 and Implementing Technology that Helps TAGS: activities | blitz | client | computer | consulting | current | director | expectation | future | identification | lean | manager | manual | map | mapping | money | note | operations | optimize | people | post-it | principle | process | projects | provider | requirement | resource | risk | serve | six sigma | solution | sports | state | technology | time | time study | toyota | waste | way One of my current clients has a two-pronged plan for improving a process that is absorbing a lot of resources (people, time, risk, money). The first prong is to optimize …Continue reading →

South Atlantic League All-Star Game Home Run Derby The 2012 South Atlantic League All-Star Game is being held this week in Charleston, South Carolina, the home of the Charleston Riverdogs. To spice the event up a bit, the …Continue reading →

Jeremy Lin and Utilizing New Ideas from All Employees TAGS: basketball | blitz | chinese | golden state | harvard | houston | jeremy | knicks | lean | lin | linsanity | nba | nbdl | new york | operations | palo alto | processes | promotions | rockets | sports | stanford | taiwanese | ucla | warriors  Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks is the newest rags-to-riches story in sports. A twice-waived undrafted young kid of Chinese-Taiwanese descent playing his best basketball in the biggest United …Continue reading →

Happy New Year!! TAGS: happy new year | pug Happy New Year from Lean Blitz! Here’s to a 2012 complete with accomplished goals, improved efficiency, and reduced waste!

Streamlining of Subjects TAGS: lean | personal lives | small business | sports organizations | streamlining | wastes Up to this point, Lean Blitz has been focused on providing guidance for waste reduction for sports organizations, small businesses, and in everyday life. There are many websites dedicated to …Continue reading →

Target Audience – Part One TAGS: big budgets | big companies | concessions | finances | lean | lean initiatives | sales | small business | sponsorships | sports manufacturers | sports service providers | sports teams | target audience | tickets | underdog Who are you and why are you here? A better question – thank you for coming, but who else SHOULD be here? There is no shortage of resources and methodologies …Continue reading →