Monthly Archives: January 2006
Merck, I told you so…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta Rei
Here is a sad update on Merck's "lean" efforts (click the link above). I hate to...
An Obvious Poll Result?
Autos Talk - The Detroit News Online - 01/18/06I'm surprised the "yes" vote is only 88.84% for this question, posed by the Detroit News:"Ford...
Iowa and Lean, Once Again
Making Iowa more business friendly a goal for lawmakersIowa sure pops up quite a bit in the lean news, between Maytag and Pella, and...
Bodek Q&A Picked Up By Indian Magazine
Industry 2.0 : Lean MantrasThis is more "Blog news" than "lean news", but my Q&A with Norm Bodek has been reprinted (with my permission)...
Gemba Panta Rei: Pandemic Preparation: Just in Time or Just in Case?
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiI was going to blog about this, but Jon Miller from the excellent Gemba Panta Rei...
Airlines: Cost and Value
WSJ.com - As Airlines Pull Out of Dive, United Charts Its Own Course ($$ Subscription)Most of what we hear about airlines is "low cost"...
More on Chrysler and Teams
Rockford Register Star - Assemblers shift to team concept key to successA follow up to an article posted by Luke last week regarding Chrysler...
Waste in Marketing
So here was some breakfast discussion from my house this morning.... why do companies waste money marketing to existing customers who already have these...
Lean Manufacturing linked to job security
This tag line was below the headline "Be a team player, DCX boss warns" published in the Windsor Star on Tuesday Jan 10.This is...
Call for Open Standards
Last night I attended a panel discussion hosted by the Detroit Economic Club's Junior Executive Committee. The focus of the panel was in-vehicle...
Expert (Womack) suggests lean production
Jacksonville's Financial News and Daily RecordGood article and comments from Jim Womack. Some had criticized him before for making it sound like manufacturing...
GM’s Lutz: ‘I gave at the office.’
GM's Lutz: Don't cut exec pay-He shoots down Kerkorian's idea to reduce salaries, says 'I gave at the office.'A follow up to yesterday's article...
