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April 2007

Deming’s 14 Points and Home Building

by Pete Abilla on April 19, 2007

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn While at the doctor’s office sometime back, I picked up a copy of a local Utah business magazine. In that magazine, there was an article that highlighted Magleby Home Construction as the recipient of the national home builder award of the year. The [...]

“Ask ‘Why’ Five Times About Every Matter”

by Pete Abilla on April 16, 2007

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Taiichi Ohno is known to have said that “having no problems is the biggest problem of all.” He viewed problems not as a negative but as a “Kaizen opportunity in disguise.” Whenever problems arose, he encouraged his staff to investigate the problem at [...]

Kanban Types and Analytical Sizing

by Pete Abilla on April 12, 2007

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Unlike traditional “push” systems, where material is moved downstream according to a schedule, or simply “shoved” downstream even when the downstream partner is not ready for it, a “pull” system encourages and almost forces cooperation, from a systems perspective. “Push” also causes congestion, [...]

Complexity: Different Ways, Same Output, or is It?

by Pete Abilla on April 7, 2007

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn There are outputs and the processes that produce those outputs. In a business, if there are many processes that produce the same output — that can be a silent killer for a business. Consider an inventory management system, where associates on the factory [...]

Queueing Theory and Terrorism

by Pete Abilla on April 7, 2007

Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn I found this nice case study of Queueing Theory applied to the problems of terrorism. In general, the problems of terrorism can be summed-up as a constraint problem, where there is more demand for a thing than there is suppy to meet it. [...]