Monthly Archives: October 2005

Domestic Quick Turnaound Sox Shirts

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Article Link --> Chicago Tribune | After Sox victory, firms go to workI'm in Chicago and saw this in the Trib. The World Series...

NUMMI Tour Tale #4: The Pull Gift Shop

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap NUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why Back to...

How a Smart Coffee Lid Design Can Simplify and Reduce Inventory Waste

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In search of a mid afternoon coffee fix on Friday afternoon I came across this cup lid and couldn't help but be impressed with...
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NUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap I think, by now, that Toyota is pretty famous...

Detroit Free Press Headline Writer Disagrees with Consumer Reports, Apparently

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Article Link --> "Asian vehicles rank low in survey"Or do they? You can't accuse the media for being biased toward Toyota in this case....

Too Long in the Loo

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By Luke Van Dongen:This link is to an article in today's Detroit News. I've been hearing reactions to this article all day - it...

10,000 Visitors!

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The blog has now had 10,000 visitors since the launch in March. October is the 8th straight month of increasing visits. That's definitely...

NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? The NUMMI tour guide told an interesting kaizen story as we went past the body weld area....

Toyota "Bucks Trend" by NOT Outsourcing

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Auto WeekThis article eventually reaches the conclusion I jumped to early on. Of course Toyota doesn't outsource as much as the other automakers. Toyota's...

NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?

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I really enjoyed my tour of the NUMMI plant last Friday. I'll post my summary thoughts and impressions from the tour, but I wanted...

Customers First

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Below is a link to Knowledge at Wharton article. Yes, it's one more about the current plight of the US auto industry, but I...

UK Soaps ‘deter teenagers from factory work’

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Guardian Unlimited Money | Work | So this is a problem in the UK? The U.S. has enough factors deterring kids from engineering and...