Monthly Archives: March 2007

My Bitchin’, Toyota

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With apologies to the band the Dead Milkmen and their song "Bitchin' Camaro." Note the comma in my title, though.It's ironic that my...

Quote from "Getting the Right Things Done"

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So after getting such strong recommendations about the book from Norman Bodek and, then today, from Dwight Bowen, I finally started reading "Getting the...

Toyota’s Top Suppliers

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. :: Toyota Honors Top Suppliers For 2006Toyota Way Principle #11:Respect your extended network of partners...

Another Drug Error Waiting to Happen?

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Hazard Warning - Brethine and Methergine mix-upsCan you tell the difference between these two drugs? You can even click on each photo for...

Our Lean Horoscope

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I'm not a horoscope guy, but my client team found these in the paper yesterday and we all had a good dorky lean chuckle...

Boeing’s Lean Bet

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Kevin Meyer at Evolving Excellence commented the other day on the Wall Street Journal article about Boeing's recent supply chain challenges. I'd like to...

What You’re Searching For

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I routinely scan the list of keywords that people use in the course of finding the Lean Blog. It's sometimes interesting (I think)...

World Class Numbers?

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Blog reader Darrin wrote and asked:Do you have any up-to-date sources for "word-class" numbers for lean metrics like % of Leadtime that is wasted,...

Leading Lean: Question Everything!

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ASSEMBLY MagazineJamie Flinchbaugh has a new "Leading Lean" column in assembly magazine. Here's a great story, an example of "because we've always...

Multitasking is NOT Part of Standard Work

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The New York Times ran an article this weekend exposing the myth of multitasking. Despite the common belief that we have to multi-task to...

Toyota touts ongoing "waste removal"

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Mlive.com ArticleHere's an article with Toyota (and former Chrysler) exec Jamie Bonini talking about continuous improvement:"Our 2010 vision is to be the most admired...

Parker Hannifin and Market Driven Pricing

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Seeking Perfect Prices, CEO Tears Up the Rules - WSJ.comI haven't mentioned it in a while, was trying to give it a rest for...