After world leaders decried the U.N. Security Council's failure to pass a resolution on Syria, reports of violence surged once again in the besieged country.
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Mitt Romney rolls to victory in convincing fashion while Newt Gingrich says he has no intention of pulling out of the race.
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With the UN Security Council sidelined due to vetoes by Russia and China, the Syrian crisis will remain a violent standoff, says Randa Slim.
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Demonstrators clashed with police outside the interior ministry in Cairo on Sunday as anger mounts over a deadly stampede at a soccer match that killed dozens last week.
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Rather than be surrounded by supporters on Nevada caucus night, Newt Gingrich surrounded himself with reporters.
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Questions linger about the motivations of China and Russia, who vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resoultion on Syria.
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U.S. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died in Kabul of apparent natural causes, officials said, making him one of the highest ranking officers to die in Afghanistan.
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Power is out and roads are blocked in Italy. In England, Heathrow Airport had to cancel half its flights. The cold snap that began in late January has killed 34 people.
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Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian province of Queensland, the government said.
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He may be a non-gambler, but Mitt Romney had a good night in Vegas. He left town as the night's big winner, capturing his second strong victory in a row.
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EASE Releases v7.0 of Its Lean Manufacturing Process Automation Software SuitePR Web (press release)EASE Inc., the leading provider of lean manufacturing design-to-production solutions, announces the release of v7.0. The new release enables EASE's en…
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CT leads US high-tech, but nation losing groundHartford BusinessThe Shelton company introduced lean manufacturing practices six years ago and cut costs by 30 percent. The new efficiencies allow Lex to invest money in new product development. “That'…
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PR Web (press release)Gemba Academy Expands Global Server Network Delivering Online Lean Training VideosPR Web (press release)This allows for the efficient delivery of high definition on-demand lean enterprise and lean manufacturing training videos t…
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InTechFactory Automation Small multi-axis industrial robots add new twist to lean ...InTechBy Charlie Miller Lean manufacturing is a term that has many interpretations. To some, it primarily means low cost. To others, its core is to realize the highe…
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Fast Company2 Steps To Getting Lean Enough To SucceedFast CompanyJust as we've seen in lean manufacturing, an absolutely critical factor for success isn't what you add, but what you take away. By this we're talking about having the clarity and courag…
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EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Intevac Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial ResultsEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, development and marketing of high productivity l…
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Intevac Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Equipment Business: We are a leader in the design, development and marketing of high productivity lean manufacturing systems and have been producing Lean…
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Cambridge cash backs lean manufacturing technologyBusiness WeeklyCambridge investors have helped tee up global expansion opportunities for a company whose industrial inspection instruments carry an environmental payback. The investment in Phase Visio…
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PR Web (press release)Stop-painting.com Offers Free Lean Floor Tape Sample Packs for Floor Marking ...PR Web (press release)Stop-painting.com is the manufacturer of Superior Mark floor marking tape, which is primarily used to mark the floors of indus…
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TheNewsTribune.comState dips its toe in 'Lean' processTheNewsTribune.comHe's part of a state “Lean” manufacturing experiment. Inside the Stafford Creek state prison, an inmate serving time for murder works quietly at a desk, using computer-assist…
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Gemba Academy Expands Global Server Network Delivering Online Lean Training VideosBroadcast NewsroomGemba Academy, the leading provider of online lean manufacturing and lean enterprise training, has added four new server locations in Asia and Europe.…
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Solomon earns certificationHattiesburg AmericanA Black Belt demonstrates team leadership and manages team dynamics in all aspects of the DMAIC model (define, measure, analyze, improve, control), understands lean enterprise concepts and uses tools to…
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Jacksonville Lean Consortium Leader Will Deliver a Plenary Session on ...PR Web (press release)The conference is sponsored by the nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI). Jerry Bussell, who sports the license plate “Leanjax,” will describe how…
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WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in “Integrated SOA Governance, Q1 2012 ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)--WSO2, the lean enterprise middleware provider, today announced that it has been cited by Forrester Rese…
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PR Web (press release)Former Toyota Support Center General Manager Joins Lean Enterprise InstitutePR Web (press release)The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) today announced the appointment of Mark Reich, former general manager of the Toyota…
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Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream Workbook from the Lean Enterprise Institute ...PR Web (press release)Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream, a pioneering workbook published by the Lean Enterprise Institute on how to apply lean principles to supply cha…
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Annual Lean Business System Conference 2012SafeToWorkThis year's Lean Business System Conference, to be held on Tuesday 21 February, will be hosted by Professor Peter Hines, co-founder of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff University. We…
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WSO2 Cited as a Strong Performer in “SOA Service Life-Cycle Management, Q1 ...EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)--WSO2, the lean enterprise middleware provider, today announced that it has been cited by Forrester R…
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Quality DigestRegister by Jan. 13, 2012, to receive recordings of the 2011 and 2012 TWI SummitQuality DigestMike Rother, author of the foundational book, Learning to See (Lean Enterprise Institute, 1999) and his most recent work, Toyota Kata (McGraw-…
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Manufacturing group seeks to share knowledgeLexington DispatchThe event includes dinner, a presentation on lean manufacturing by Tom Johnson, director of operations and lean enterprise at CV Products/Xceldyne in Thomasville, and a plant tour. To regi…
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by BILL WADDELL A curious observation on the Apple article Kevin covered the New York Times Apple article quite well, so I won't repeat. I had to point out, however, the curious incongruity between the Dow Corning exec who said...
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by BILL WADDELL If ever a man deserves sainthood it is John Vicklund of Impact Washington - the MEP out there. By way of background, the governor - Christine Gregoire - has gone all in on lean. She has reduced...
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by BILL WADDELL So .... Golden Bear Ltd gets the contract to produce the official mascot for the 2012 British Olymic Team, and decides labor costs - excuse me, labour costs - are way too high in England to make...
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By Kevin Meyer The New York Times created a deserved furor last week with their article describing how the U.S. supposedly can't compete with China on manufacturing - specifically the manufacturing of Apple products. As our fellow blogger Mark Graban…
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By Kevin Meyer That old retail icon, JC Penney, is undergoing a transformation thanks to Apple. Apple? Yep - JCP's new CEO is one of the guys responsible for creating the Apple Store. Anyone that has been in one knows...
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When a project needs a little extra incentive...
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From Tim's A Lean Journey.
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Over the past week the greater Seattle area was met with the largest snowfall in a decade or two. Recently I was in New York City, where the season's supply of snow had dropped last October, with barely a blizzard since. Back in November during a t…
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Image source: Wikimedia CommonsElmore Leonard is an American novelist who has been writing lean and taut crime novels for a half century. He is the Toyota of crime novels, if that's a compliment. Reliable, not flashy, always delivering on the prom…
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The kanban has met many adventures on its way to becoming a popular tool for the limitation of tasks, projects and works in process. As superhero origin stories go, kanban has an interesting one. As long ago as 8th century Japan, guidelines were se…
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Many years ago when I was first learning how to drive a car, my dear young aunt Ruth rode with me on an Illinois country road. She taught me the importance of accelerating when going into a curve. This was deeply counter intuitive to me, as I had p…
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In an excellent blog post by Jamie Flinchbaugh today he introduces 4 myths about the principle of "Respect for People", saying:But respect for people means different things to different people. To some it means avoiding layoffs at all costs. To o…
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