2012 Summer Olympics: North Korean Flag Flub at Olympic Soccer Match TAGS: al dallas | apologies | blitz | ceremonies | colombia | consulting | error | flag | gaffe | games | glasgow | halifax | kim jong un | korea | lean | locog | london | niccy | north | olympics | opening | operations | organizers | peace | political | problem | process | producer | production | pyongyang | rbw logistics | rocket | scotland | seoul | six sigma | Soccer | south | sports | treaty | united states | video | war | women Despite the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies occurring on Friday, some of the sports like soccer have already kicked off qualifying matches. It didn’t take long for an organizational gaffe …Continue reading →

Defects and Excess Motion at a Sandwich Shop TAGS: activity | beach | beef | blitz | boar's head | carolina | charleston | defect | deli | edisto | excess | ham | hog | lean | mayo | meat | motion | operations | peppers | piggly wiggly | process | reduce | roast | sandwich | six sigma | south | sports | tomato | transportation | turkey | waste | wild This past weekend I visited Edisto Beach in South Carolina. (If you’ve never been, it’s lovely and relatively quiet.) After hitting the driving range just off the main drag on …Continue reading →