Monthly Archives: July 2005

Chicago Auto Supplier Lean Example In The News

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www.dailysouthtown.com/: Here is a nice example of a Chicago-area company using lean to respond to the market, which is forcing prices downward. To...

Toyota-GM factory faces possible strike

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Toyota-GM factory faces possible strike:It will be interesting to see if Toyota would ever walk away from NUMMI, even as (or because) they are...

A Lean "Plant Rat" Becomes CEO

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TOM WALSH: DCX shifts into futureLaSorda's challenge: Keep up momentumChrysler's Tom LaSorda, a "plant rat" turns CEOTom LaSorda, a former GM guy who moved...

Most businesses are "Soviet" in character?

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WSJ.com - Workers of Europe Innovate (subscription required) Great article in the WSJ today about a company in France that sounds like it's doing many...

Curious Cat Blog: New Toyota CEO’s Views

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Curious Cat Management Improvement - including economics, investment and more: New Toyota CEO's Views The Curious Cat blog found a Business Week article with quotes...

Kaizen Swimming?

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Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal I don't know how much this swimmer has studied lean, but...

KAIZEN License Plate

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Driving to work today, I saw a new Nissan Z with the Arizona license plate "KAIZEN". I couldn't see who was driving (the way...

Toyota, Moving Northward

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New York TimesWithout getting into politics (is Toyota growing in Canada because of their education and health care systems, as proposed by Krugman), when...

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Learning About Lean

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TIME.com: 10 Questions for Jeff Bezos -- Aug. 01, 2005: "HERE'S A QUESTION YOU PROBABLY HEAR ALL THE TIME: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?...

China currency move may help/hurt U.S. companies

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Detroit News - 07/22/05This really is a complex issue, the China currency pegging. It's not just a China vs. U.S. issue, but within the...

Could Toyota Fix GM? (revisited)

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Curious Cat Management ImprovementThe Deming-focused blog, Curious Cat, has comments on an earlier article I posted about Toyota and GM.Please check out my main...

Six Sigma Blog: Book Review: Lean Six Sigma for Service

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Six Sigma BlogThe Six Sigma Blog has a link to a review of the Michael George book, Lean Six Sigma for Service.Please check out...