Toyota Way Principle #1 TAGS: athlete | authors | baseball | basketball | blitz | business | coach | continuous | crean | david | games | goals | hoosiers | improvement | indiana | jeffrey | kelvin | kentucky | lean | liker | long-term | meier | ncaa | operations | organization | patrons | philosophy | principles | process | sampson | savings | short-term | six sigma | sixteen | sponsors | sports | student | sweet | tickets | time | tom | tournament | toyota | university | value | visual | way Yesterday we brought forth a bit of a visual depiction of what lean is and how it can impact a small business or sports organization. Hopefully we demonstrated the level …Continue reading →

The Masters: Concession Stands TAGS: 2012 | abundant | augusta | band | beer | blitz | booster | bubba | cargo | cart | cashier | cheap | checkout | chips | club | concessions | consume | continuous flow | domestic | flow | food | football | golf | green | import | inventory | jacket | kanban | lean | masters | national | operations | patrons | people | pre-packaged | prices | process | pull | quantities | resource | speed | sports | supply | sweets | tournament | waste | watson (This is the final post on the observed business operations of the 2012 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.) I am absolutely infatuated with the speed at which customers are …Continue reading →

Opening Day at Turner Field TAGS: atlanta | blitz | bourn | braun | braves | brewers | brian | concessions | day | dress | extra | field | gates | glitches | jumbotron | lean | lines | martin | mccann | michael | milwaukee | opening | operations | out of town | patrons | prado | process | rehearsal | ryan | scoreboard | seat | six sigma | sponsorships | sports | turner | waiting | waste I had the opportunity to roll over to Atlanta for Opening Day for the Braves against the Milwaukee Brewers. While I did a lot more game watching than operations observing, …Continue reading →

The Masters: Temporary Structures TAGS: 5S | angc | augusta | bathroom | blitz | camera | club | concession | georgia | golf | grandstand | lean | links | masters | national | operations | patrons | phil | process | rory | scoreboard | six sigma | stand | storage | structures | teardown | tiger | tower Welcome to the Lean Blitz blog coverage of The Masters at Augusta National Golf Club! Instead of analyzing the actual golf tournament being played on the links, we’ll instead be …Continue reading →