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Management Improvement Blogs - Customer Focused Continuous Improvement

Blogs covering topics such as Continuous Improvement, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Customer Focus, Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Agile Management, Lean Thinking, System Thinking, Theory of Constraints. View blog list in alphabetical order.

  • Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Blog by John Hunter focused on management improvement: innovation, customer focus, systems thinking, Deming's ideas, lean thinking, process improvement, six sigma, data based decision making, project management, software development and more.

  • Panta Rei "A weblog about better ways to make things better." Focused on lean thinking. Translations of Japanese work including Gemba Keiei by Taiichi Ohno.

  • Lean Manufacturing Blog News articles and book reviews on the the Toyota Production System, Lean Manufacturing, kaizen, kanban and other continuous improvement methodologies.

  • Got Boondoggle? This blog provides advice on how to apply lean principles effectively.

  • Evolving Excellence Thoughts on lean enterprise leadership by Kevin Meyer.

  • Daily Kaizen "This blog is an experiment. We intend to track the journey of a world-class health care system as it continuously improves to serve its members."

  • Lean Six Sigma Academy Blog by Ron Pereira: "We hope to share our experiences with other Lean and Six Sigma practitioners throughout the world. We also hope to shed some light on how we believe Lean and Six Sigma can and should work in harmony."

  • Visual Management Blog The goal of this blog is to create a space for the discussion of ideas and examples of Visual Management applied to agile software development teams and agile project management.

  • Bob Sutton: Work Matters Blog from Stanford profesor and author of "Management Advice: Which 90% is Crap?", the Knowing Doing Gap and much more.

  • TimeBack Management Dan Markovitz is the founder of this consulting firm and author for the excellent blog.

  • In Pursuit of Elegance by Matthew E. May author of Elegant Solutions: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation.

  • Jamie Flinchbaugh Blog on lean culture, transformational leadership, and entrepreneurial excellence by Jamie Flinchbaugh.

  • Lean Management Column by John Shook at the Lean Enterprise Institute.

  • Three Sigma Systems Management consulting firm with blog by Marc Hersch

  • Financial Times Management Blog Authors, Adam Jones and Stefan Stern, write on strategic and operational issues of management.

  • Lean Insider by Ralph Bernstein for Productivity Press: news, research and trends on all things lean.

  • Making IT Clear Blog by Harwell Thrasher focusing on explaining IT issues to a business audience, and giving business people advice on how to improve the effectiveness of their IT organizations.

  • Shmula Covering lean, ToC, agile, operations management and customer obsession (with real amazon examples - where he used to work). Informative and detailed posts.

  • NC State of Business Blog from the NC State University Industrial Extension Service.

  • Process Rants Blog on process improvement, six sigma, software development...

  • Stats Made Easy Blog by Mark J. Anderson on design of experiments, statistics and six sigma consultant.

  • Lean Software Engineering "Essays on the Continuous Delivery of High Quality Information Systems - Our purpose in life is to do the right things at the right time in the right order, and then write about it."

  • KnowHR Human resource blog with an understanding of theory y management.

  • Lean Concepts Blog (China) Tony Wong's blog on his experience leading lean transformation in China. The blog aims to encourage intelligent discussion about implementation of lean manufacturing and spread lean concept to the others.

  • Training Within Industry Blog by Bryan Lund TWI and lean manufacturing concepts.

  • Lean Reflections Blog by Karen Wilhelm, editor of the Lean Directions newsletter for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

  • Lean Is Good Blog by Bruce Baker and Bryan Zeigler.

  • Learn Sigma blog by Robert Thompson: "deliberations on business improvement tools, systems and techniques, including lean six sigma and anything else which I think is vaguely relevant"

  • The Lean Thinker "Thoughts and insights from the shop floor."

  • Making Sense With Facilitated Systems Blog by Bill Harris with a systemic take on management. Information Technology is often discussed.

  • A Lean Journey Blog by Tim McMahon - "With so much emphasis on continuous improvement we often miss the true teaching of TPS (Thinking People System)."

  • Avoiding The Corporate Death Spiral Blog by Gregg Stocker on the state of business and how to improve competitiveness and quality of life for everybody.

  • Lean Connections Blog and articles by Adam Zak, with a focus on lean executive search.

  • Statistical and Scientifc Thinking blog Topics include applying Deming's ideas and statistical methods.

  • Lean Printing "Committed to continual improvement of printing and the graphic arts."

  • Focused Performance Blog Links and commentary related primarily to organizational effectiveness with a "Theory of Constraints" perspective by Frank Patrick.

  • Capable Blog Blog by Shaun Sayers.

  • Quality and Innovation blog by Nicole Radziwill which, among other things, seeks to describe issues and techniques associated with the management of quality and innovation in new, different, or unconventional ways and in ways managers find useful.

  • Lean Executive Blog Blog by Mark Edmondson and Bill Waddell.

  • Meikah Delid (six sigma) Six sigma blog from the Philippines.

  • Ackoff Center Weblog A forum where systems thinkers can interact and occasionally comment on/discuss issues affecting them and their organizations.

  • Healthcare Performance Partners "HPP educates and trains executives and staffs on the principles of LEAN Healthcare then guides clients throughout the implementation phase so that LEAN becomes a way of life in daily operations." The site also offers several articles on lean thinking as well as a blog.

  • Better Process Podcast Podcast blog on topics such as lean, six sigma, process improvement, charting and manufacturing.

  • Reforming Project Management Blog with a focus on lean construction and project management by Hal Halmacomber.

  • Curious Cat Management Blog - Health Care Feed Health Care feed of our blog focused on management articles on topics including: Deming, lean thinking, six sigma, statistical tools, innovation, leadership, systems thinking, customer focus and continuous improvement.

  • Management Craft Thoughts on management and leadership by Lisa Haneberg.

  • David Maister Blog

  • Quality in Education

  • Total Productive Maintenance Blog A corporate weblog for advancement of TPM and Lean ideas within the American Mitsuba family of companies and suppliers.

  • de bono blog By the de Bono Institute-Melbourne, Australia.

  • Unfolding Leadership Blog Co-author of Driving Fear Out of the Workplace and The Courageous Messenger.

  • Chasing the Rabbit Blog by Steven Spear on lean thinking and other management topics

  • Kaikaku Lean ideas by Norman Bodek, author of Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean and All You Gotta Do Is Ask.

  • ASQ Indianapolis Section

  • Biz-Think "A business compendium of relevant management and leadership information offering insight, inspiration, education, and leading ideas on how to achieve breakthrough performance..."

  • pdcauditing.com Blog and podcasts on quality management topics. Appears to be inactive (no posts in 2007 or 2008).