The blog has now had 10,000 visitors since the launch in March. October is the 8th straight month of increasing visits. That’s definitely an statistically significant upward trend that passes the SPC “Shewhart Rules” test. Thanks Professor Deming. I have…
NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? The NUMMI tour guide told an interesting kaizen story as we went past the body weld area. Car bodies are held and transported on metal carrier racks that recirculate through the welding…
Auto Week This article eventually reaches the conclusion I jumped to early on. Of course Toyota doesn’t outsource as much as the other automakers. Toyota’s own internal production can be cheaper and with better quality, I assume, than their suppliers.…