Additional Notes on Efficiency TAGS: baseball reference | billy beane | boston red sox | continuous improvement | defects | dpmo | efficiency | energy conservation | field goal percentage | hall of fame | hoosiers | hr | indiana university | lean blitz | lean blitz consulting | lebron james | mcdonald's | miami heat | moneyball | obp | on base percentage | operations | paul depodesta | process | productivity | rbi | six sigma | sports | ted williams | victor oladipo On Monday we looked at efficiency with field goal shooting percentages for Indiana’s Victor Oladipo and the Miami Heat’s LeBron James as well as points-per-possession efficiency on offense and defense …Continue reading →

What Moneyball Can Teach Us About Lean TAGS: art howe | baseball | billy beane | blu-ray | boston red sox | brad pitt | carlos pena | change management | cleveland indians | continuous improvement | dvd | five whys | general manager | grady fuson | inefficiency | jeremy giambi | jonah hill | lean | lean blitz | major league baseball | mark shapiro | michael lewis | mlb | moneyball | movie | new york yankees | oakland athletics | paul depodesta | peter brand | philip seymour hoffman | poka-yoke | scott hatteberg | scouting | theo epstein | world series The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis was a paradigm-shifting revelation to the way baseball front offices evaluated and valued players – greater focus on specific statistics (on-base percentage) and valuing the …Continue reading →