Fashion-Incubator: Becoming a lean manufacturer Kathleen’s blog is very well written. She is incredibly passionate about lean and is working in the fashion/garment industry. This posting is worth checking out, regardless of your industry. Please check out my main blog…
WSJ.com – subscription required Great article in Tuesday’s WSJ. I’m hoping a free copy will become available online. The article details how the “Detroit of Japan”, Nagoya, is undergoing a re-birth and is helping drive recovery in the Japanese economy…
This was on “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central. It is indeed a real graphic from the FEMA website (link here). It’s scarily similar to a typical “PDCA” cycle (or “Deming Cycle“), but should it really begin and end with…
tony morgan | one of the simply strategic guys Interesting list, something for all of us lean change agents to consider. I’ll admit “I messed up” (see #7) by thinking sometimes that “only if I were in charge of this…
Detroit Free Press I doubt Delphi is the “most lean” company around, but they have made significant progress and have won multiple Shingo Prize awards for lean excellence. That said, I guess this proves, unfortunately, that “doing lean” in and…
An updated on the promised Q&A. I talked with Jim Womack over the weekend and he will be writing some responses to questions about his new book, Lean Solutions. His co-author, Dan Jones, is busy in Europe, so Womack will…
Newstimeslive.com A new book is out, written by an American engineer who worked for a Toyota supplier in Japan. It’s been almost 10 years since he worked there, according to this article, that’s a long wait to get a book…
Cedartown Standard OK, sorry for my cynicsm on the blog today. Must be because the Red Sox blew it today. Here’s a very positive, encouraging article about what lean can do for you organization. Cool story: “When introducing the topic…
eBots, Inc. Raises $4 Million in Series A Financing; eBots to Expand Product Suite and Services Here is a company that does “e-Kanban” software to work alongside ERP systems. It’s been a while since we talked about the “siren song…
Available from Amazon A followup and companion book for the Shingo Prize-winnnig book The Toyota Way. I have it on order and will post a review ASAP. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content…
Hard-hit New Orleans will lay off 3,000 workers – The Boston Globe: “Nagin had warned that many of New Orleans’s nonessential jobs were at risk” Without getting overly political, this is an “only in government” moment. Some people have been…
WSJ.com – The Culture of Winning This is a fantastic interview with the General Manager of the Atlanta Braves, John Schuerholz (requires WSJ subscription). Even if you’re not a baseball fan, it’s noteworthy that the Braves have won their division…
