FMEA and College Basketball Games on Aircraft Carriers TAGS: aircraft | ambient | analysis | barack | basketball | blitz | california | carrier | charleston | consulting | continuous improvement | court | design | detection | dfmea | effects | espn | failure | fema | florida | fmea | georgetown | jacksonville | lean | marquette | michigan state | mode | moisture | myron medcalf | ncaa | noise | north carolina | notre dame | number | obama | occurrence | ohio state | operations | pfmea | president | priority | process | product | rain | risk | rpn | safety | san diego | san diego state | severity | six sigma | south carolina | sports | syracuse | temperature | university of florida | uss yorktown | winds A really novel concept – a regular season college basketball game played between high-profile teams outdoors on an aircraft carrier – was introduced last season. It really couldn’t have gone …Continue reading →

Troy Polamalu, NFL, Concussions, and Cheating the System TAGS: administer | baseline | bears | blitz | blow | brian | cheated | chicago | clinic | commissioner | concussion | consulting | countermeasure | culture | damage | equation | espn | establish | foolproof | football | game | goodell | head | health | hearing | lawsuit | league | lean | mayo | memory | national | nfl | operations | physician | pittsburgh | player | polamalu | priority | process | reflex | retired | roger | safety | six sigma | sport | sports | steelers | strength | success | system | team | test | trainer | trauma | troy | urlacher | vision | vomit The NFL is currently in the midst of a large lawsuit on behalf of retired players who are suing the league for health-related issues caused by on-field concussions during their …Continue reading →

Penn State Football and Toyota Way Principle #1 TAGS: allegations | blitz | child | consulting | cover | critical | decision | demonstrate | director | espn | example | financial | flagbearer | football | freeh | function | gains | heavy lifting | jay | jerry | joe | lean | long-term | management | molestation | operations | organization | paterno | penn | philosophy | principle | priority | process | report | sandusky | short-term | six sigma | sports | staff | state | sustainability | toyota | university | up | usurp | way I’m not going to rehash all of the details behind Penn State University’s cover-up of the Jerry Sandusky child abuse allegations and convictions – other outlets are doing a fine …Continue reading →

Using Toyota Way Principle #8 on Everyday Technology TAGS: a6 | audi | blackberry | blitz | box | capability | capacity | car | cell | consulting | cost of ownership | curve | droid | economy | fuel | glass | htc | iphone | lean | lg | logo | maintenance | motorola | nokia | operations | otter | palm | people | phone | principle | prioritize | priority | process | purchase | purpose | quattro | reliability | repair | six sigma | specialized | sports | technology | test | tested | toyota | treo | upkeep | vehicle | way (This is a continuation of a series of posts reviewing the principles of The Toyota Way.) As previously mentioned, the eighth principle from The Toyota Way states: “Use only reliable, …Continue reading →

NCAA Tournament: Is Adding More Teams Better? TAGS: 2012 | basketball | blitz | champion | college | dayton | division I | expansion | first | lean | ncaa | ohio | operations | organization | priority | process | sagarin | six sigma | sports | tournament | usa today In my NCAA Tournament-viewing life, I’ve seen the bracket expand from 48 teams to 64 (with a couple choppy play-in iterations thrown in between), where it remained for many years …Continue reading →