Tag: Layoffs

Doofus and Leanie Cartoon #4 – GM vs. Toyota

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It has been a while since I've collaborated with artist Ed Butler on a "Doofus and Leanie" cartoon (Ed was also the artist for...

GM Blames Layoffs on the Japan Earthquake and JIT; Should Instead...

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Here is a sad article with the headline"General Motors lays off workers at NY plant." This is an addition to earlier Shreveport layoffs. The media...

A Few Random Links – Oct 22 2010

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It's time for a Lean Blog feature where I throw a few links at you - articles I've saved and read that maybe don't...

My Guest Article on Lean as an Alternative to Hospital Layoffs

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Thanks to FierceHealthcare.com for publishing my guest article on the front page of their site: "How lean management helped hospitals avoid layoffs." The article features...

My First Visit to the Toyota Truck Plant in San Antonio...

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This blog post is about my first visit to TMMTX in 2010.

Hospitals Under Pressure, Resorting to Layoffs and Slash and Burn, Not...

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Generally, with the term "lean," it's easy for people to leap to a conclusion that Lean equals layoffs. This is often the fear in...

Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News

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It's nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post -- "Denver...

L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR?

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Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No wonder some people hate the...

Re-visiting Chapter 2 of Out of the Crisis (Part 1)

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Continuing my series on re-reading Dr. W. Edwards Deming's book Out of the Crisis, I'm posting a series of tweets from the Chapter along...

Great Newsweek Cover Story on Why Layoffs Are Harmful

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I had long given up on Newsweek as a source of news (hey, at least it's published weekly unlike IndustryWeek). But this cover caught...

Lean as a Way to Save Manufacturing Featured on CNN

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Hat tip to blog reader Steven H. for sending this video my way. It's always nice to see Lean featured in the mainstream media, including...

Confirmed: Toyota to Shut Down NUMMI Production

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It's been long rumored, but is now confirmed by Toyota that they are going to stop production at their ground breaking NUMMI plant in...