Monthly Archives: October 2005
Domestic Quick Turnaound Sox Shirts
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
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
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...
NUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why
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
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
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!
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
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
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?
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
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’
Guardian Unlimited Money | Work | So this is a problem in the UK? The U.S. has enough factors deterring kids from engineering and...