Comments on: Guest Post: A3 = “Drive”

By: Cartier

Cartier — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:50:26 +0000

There can be value in being skeptical and analyzing all perspectives, if there is more purpose than to just be skeptical.

TPS (thinking people system) is a proven superior way for people to accomplish things; instead of being skeptical and focusing on weaknesses, society gets further ahead building on its strengths (like this one).

It’s interesting how much attention and attitude is given to Toyota in negative situations like recalls.

A friend suggested that since there is less to pick on Toyota about, the media and people in general put in extra effort to grasp at what ever straws they are given.

Imagine the possibilities if we apply this extra effort elsewhere

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By: Mark Graban

Mark Graban — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:23:06 +0000

Rearden – you can snort all you like, but it probably doesn’t change a thing. As Shook recently said, there’s a sad gap between the ideal Toyota Production System and the real “Toyota’s production system.”

Failures of Toyota don’t invalidate the principles and methods of lean that work so well for so many organizations.

You’ll be happy, I saw your friend Fred Taylor’s picture and name cited in a presentation here in Sweden.

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By: Dan Markovitz

Dan Markovitz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:08:04 +0000

There will always be a gap between plans and reality (at least till I become king of the universe). Your point is well-taken, though, and fits quite nicely with what John Shook and Jim Womack have written in their most recent letters.

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By: rearden215

rearden215 — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:59:18 +0000

Is there an A3 to explain the gigantic recall of those Toyota cars which were, themselves, subjected to endless A3′s about every nuance of the Toyota cars and collected in yet another A3, authored by Liker et al, and given to the injustices of reality as the real world knows it?

May I snort at TPS now? Just now?

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