Monthly Archives: January 2005
The father of Kaizen, Masaaki Imai, speaks!
Masaaki Imai interview!
Masaaki Imai comments on the need to convert from batch to JIT and China 'productivity', among other topics.
One highlight:
"Kaizen is the means...
Boeing Reduces 737 Airplane’s Final-Assembly Time by 50 Percent
Press Release
Looks like great work by the Boeing 737 team!
"We're not going to stop at a 50 percent reduction, but improving our production system...
Toyota’s Fujio Cho: Act. Improve. Repeat.
Business 2.0 - Magazine Article Improve.
This was in a magazine that hit my mailbox yesterday, an interview with Toyota's CEO. The company was named...
Budget-cutters take aim at MEP
(United Press International):
"'The initial budget came back from OMB ... at zero."
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership is being threatened with budget cuts again (almost...
Another Mitsubishi Bailout?
The New York Times > Business > Decline in Sales Sends Mitsubishi Motors on a Search for Financing
A look into Japan's approach to company...
Records show Dell sought no taxes for new plant for 20 years
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX:
Another company looking for handouts. I found it funny that the Dell VP would say "I'm worried for our country" if...
Do Manufacturers Need Federal Help?
The New York Times
J.T. Battenberg, CEO of Delphi, is looking for federal handouts for health care, R&D, etc. How much money can we generate...
Trade deficit likely to pass $600 billion
The Washington Times: Business - January 13, 2005
"The biggest surprise in yesterday's deficit report from the Commerce Department was a 2.3 percent drop...
Two articles on Losing Jobs to China
Article 1: Report: U.S. lost 1.5M jobs to China from 1989-2003 - Jan. 11, 2005
Article 2: Taipei Times - archives
Two articles today...
With Japan aging, Toyota to staff factories with robots
Yahoo! News
Interesting. It seems like Toyota is being forced into using the technology, based on demographic trends (retiring workforce, fewer workers). I...
A Look Inside Dell Computer (2 Articles)
Article 1 -- Who's Afraid of China? -- from NYTArticle 2 --Fast Company article "Living in Dell Time"Not sure if this web reprint is...
Lean Software Implementation
Johnson Controls Automotive Group Begins Largest Deployment of Lean Operations Software; Factory Logic Solution Extends and Enhances Company's Lean Manufacturing Methodology
Enterprise software for lean...
