Monthly Archives: November 2005
Getting Xbox 360 to market requires coordination
Article Link:Today is the launch date of the new Xbox 360 video game system. Although it's a Microsoft product, it follows the typical Asian...
Passport Processing
I recently renewed my Canadian passport. Expected completion and delivery of the passport was indicated to be 20 working days from the point the...
"Lean Across the Air Force"
There is a memo circulating, dated 11/7/05, from the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne, and General T. Michael Moseley, titled "Lean...
Womack in China: "Consumers want a say in production"
Article Link: Consumers want a say in production:Interesting article:"'China is developing very fast. But much of the growth is based on the model of...
GM to Cut 30,000 Jobs, Close 3, no 4, no 9, no 12 Plants
Yahoo! NewsUgh, worse than the reports suggested earlier this morning.GM has been crippled by high labor, pension, health care and materials costs as...
GM and Toyota, Passing In The Night
From today's WSJ, in the article about GM's possible plant closures:While the details of GM's plans remain unclear, GM officials have said that their...
Toyota’s Quality Will Suffer With Their Growth?
Toyota is on track to top GM sales:There are more articles today, including the WSJ, about the possiblity that Toyota will become #1 in...
More on Peter Drucker
More on the contributions of Peter Drucker. This article contains some excellent comments and reflection. Certainly worth sharing.Please check out my main blog page...
The Man Who Invented Management
Business Week
Here is another tribute to Peter Drucker, this time from Business Week.Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org
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"Iowa is a Manufacturing State"
DesMoinesRegister.com
Interesting to see that Iowa's manufacturing economy is six times bigger than agriculture. It's good for people to recognize that manufacturing is important,...
Toyota Set to Become World’s #1 Automaker in ’06 or ’07
asahi.com：Point of View/ Kazuyoshi Abe: - ENGLISHHere is a piece from a Japanese newspaper that gives a pretty good short historical overview of Toyota's...
Jim Womack – Lean Solutions Webinar Access
For those who were interested but missed Jim Womack's live webinar yesterday afternoon, the content is now available on-line. Anyone is able to access...
