Monthly Archives: April 2005
Second Lawsuit Filed In Hydraulic Fluid Mistake At Hospitals
WRAL.com I've talked a little about using lean to prevent medical mistakes. This mistake, someone using hydraulic fluid to clean surgical instruments, is mind...
Toyota and the “Thinking Production System”
Many interesting comments here from someone who worked directly for/with Taiichi Ohno. He comments on developing workers who can think — TPS being the “Thinking Production System.”
Shingo Prize Awarded to Kaikaku The Power and Magic of Lean
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This past year has been a good one for new lean manufacturing books. I haven't read this one yet, so I can't...
Is Quality and "Do It Right the First Time" Obsolete?
Beware the product death cycle | CNET News.com:This article raises some interesting questions about the role of quality in today's marketplace. It argues that...
Toyota Won’t Raise Prices to Help Rivals
Toyota Won't Raise Prices to Help Rivals
There was a surprising headline yesterday that said Toyota *was* considering raising prices to "help" Ford and GM....
Jim Womack On Frontiers Of Lean Thinking
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Professor’s book wins 2 awards
Click for ArticleCongratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Liker for the awards his book The Toyota Way has won. Has your organization made use of the...
Overrated: Business ‘superstars’
USATODAY.com
This article, although about CEO's, made me think about leadership styles and lean. Whether a CEO or not, do the most effective managers...
Big 3 talent jumps ship to rivals
Detroit News
Interesting article on the flow of talent from the Big 3 to Toyota, as well as the other Asian auto manufacturers. The...
"Even Skilled Physicians Make Mistakes"
WSJ.com - The Doctor's Office (free feature):"Most medical errors in the doctor's office are process errors. These result from communication problems, office administration problems,...
5S and the Dangers of Horizontal Surfaces
Superfactory BlogAnother column from the Superfactory.com blog. Horizontal surfaces can indeed be dangerous. In many cases, I've encouraged teams to eliminate them in creative...
“A Case Study of Lean Manufacturing and Its Benefits When Well Executed”
Click for PDF ReportIn case you're not on the Lean Enterprise Institute mailing list (and if you're reading this, you should be), here is...
