tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post8248265009003410570..comments2008-01-14T06:45:04.026-06:00Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-42675392296748628432008-01-14T06:45:00.000-06:002008-01-14T06:45:00.000-06:00Like the Jeffersons, Burt's Bees is moving on up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-80739281487670277182007-09-19T07:40:00.000-05:002007-09-19T07:40:00.000-05:00My vote is for Michigan Seat Company in Jackson, Michigan. All lean principles are applied correctly to their business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-78825038846126081782007-08-07T09:45:00.000-05:002007-08-07T09:45:00.000-05:00It's a real pity that companies such as Wiremold can change from an outstanding lean company named in the same instance with Toyota.<BR/><BR/>One can clearly seen that it is necessary to have a long-term vision that has to be the bold fundament of all business actions. Short term goals mustn't be achieved on the expense of the more valuable long-term goals.<BR/><BR/>Toyota is an excellent example that this is possible but it seems that it is also necessary to have strong family ties as has been at Toyota so far.<BR/><BR/>It is interesting to see -especially after just coming back from the international System Dynamics Conference in Boston- that management is not aware of the interactions in a complex system (such as a company). Small changes can really have a strong effect -with a delay mostly- in the long run.<BR/><BR/>To get a short glimpse what System Dynamics is all about here is a speech held by John Sterman, Professor for System Dynamics at MIT, during a meeting of the National Institutes of Health in March 2002 (http://videocast.nih.gov/ram/ss032207.ram).<BR/><BR/>Keep the "lean ball" rolling upwards!<BR/><BR/>RalfRalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15149352083082630755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-28461406604408861302007-07-18T22:45:00.000-05:002007-07-18T22:45:00.000-05:00(fixing some links that were broken in my earlier comment):<BR/><BR/>Interesting, Danaher is ahead of Toyota at the moment I'm typing this. Some companies on the list surprise me, I don't know much about them.<BR/><BR/>You might not know them either.<BR/><BR/>Is "Kion" (#12) right now "KION Group", a material handling and forktruck company? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KION_Group" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/>Is Darigold (#15), the dairy in Seattle? <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darigold" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/>Terex (#19) is "a diversified global manufacturer of a broad range of heavy equipment for a variety of industries, including construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining, utility and maintenance."<BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terex" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/>Hershey (#21) surprises me since I thought I they hadn't been able to use Lean to avoid moving plants to lower-labor-cost areas <A HREF="http://www.leanblog.org/2007/04/lean-could-have-helped-hershey.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/>Oscar Meyer (#22) -- do they use Lean?<BR/><BR/>Wiremold (#30) has plummeted in the rankings, probably because of their "updated" story on Evolving Excellence. <A HREF="http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2007/04/an_inspiring_le.html" REL="nofollow">LINK</A><BR/><BR/>Can anyone shed some insight? Why did you vote the way you did?Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-5445261211453213502007-07-16T09:36:00.000-05:002007-07-16T09:36:00.000-05:00It's a pretty vague question, I know. I'd say "Lean" = Toyota Production System style. For me, I'd vote Dell lower on the list because they are the Dell system, not the Toyota system.Mark Grabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07953086531083611251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108456.post-41588088868421037102007-07-16T08:01:00.000-05:002007-07-16T08:01:00.000-05:00Is this list companies that are implementing lean or actual Lean companies that exhibit the Toyota Production System?JWDTnoreply@blogger.com