Henry Ford’s Lean Vision Here is a summary and information about a book that outlines how Henry Ford provided much of the inspiration and knowledge that became the basis of the Toyota Production System. I like to use this Ford…
Xinhua – English As reported before, labor shortages in China, believe it or not. Or, at the least there are upward pressures on wages and working conditions, as workers have more of a choice about where to work. Please check…
alan’s blog: The author says: “Anytime you see a new corporate program being rolled out with posters and coffee mugs and exhortations from the CEO the alarm bells should go off – similarly, if you’re the exec thinking up the…
Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: “Manufacturers need more government money for training, research and innovation rather than lower labour costs to face up to growing competition from China, trade unionists said on Tuesday.” As long as some of that money…
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says Click above for the story. I’m glad Toyota and other foreign automakers are growing to make up for jobs lost from the “Big Three/Two”. Please check out my main blog page…
BostonHerald.com – Business Coverage: An article about the new business novel about Lean. “But don’t expect to see “The Gold Mine” on the bestseller list. The purpose of the novel is to educate readers about the benefits of “lean” production…
63,000 People In San Antonio Seek To Fill 2,000 Jobs At Toyota’s New Factory: A few interesting quotes in this article, which begins with: “It is much harder to get a production-line job at Toyota than it is to get…
Thinking by Peter Davidson: Dutch Boy Knows What They Are Marketing This seems like a very smart lean paint can. Think of painting a room — anything other than applying paint to a wall is “waste”. This new paint can…
Airbus, Boeing Eye Production Rate Boosts Across Product Lines – Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1: I’ve written about Boeing’s impressive cycle time reduction before. I’ve also pointed out quotes from Boeing folks who think and say “well, our costs…
KING5.com News for Seattle, Washington KING5 HealthLink A scary example of how a lack of 5S can literally kill. “ The mother of four had gone in for a procedure on a brain aneurysm. But afterward, instead of injecting her…
Interesting story about a Fortune 500 company who is starting up a factory in China: Apparently, they are having trouble getting tools, so employees from an American factory went to Sears to buy Craftsman tools to send to the China…
Business – International Herald Tribune Interesting article on how small mom-and-pop startups are using China’s manufacturing capabilities to get off the ground. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted…