Monthly Archives: January 2006
GM told: Cut every salary
Detroit Free Press ArticleHow about "Reduce All Waste" as a rallying cry?Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org
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Lean at NUMMI
Society of Manufacturing EngineersHere's a good overview of the Toyota/GM "Joint Venture" plant, NUMMI. I put "JV" in quotes because, sure there is...
Hey GM! Prices Are Set by the Market
Headline:General Motors Cuts Prices on 80 Percent of Its U.S. ModelsRemember the "new" Toyota Production System thinking:Profit = Market-Set Price (minus) Your CostsThe "old"...
Right Tool, Right Problem, Right Thinking
Leading Lean (Jamie Flinchbaugh)
Here is the first installment of a new column that appears in Assembly Magazine, written by Jamie Flinchbaugh. Jamie writes about...
Union ignorance of Toyota
Toyota considers West Michigan plant; UAW not pleased -- WWMT - Digital Channel 3You'd think a new auto plant in Michigan, any plant, would...
I Want 1 lb of Ground Beef, Not 1.2 or 0.83!
Yesterday was grocery day. I know what you're thinking - what fun!Anyway, one of the items on my list was a pound of ground...
The iPod "Lean Consumption" Model
iPod Rivals Ready for Prime Time at Last This article was posted today at cnet News.com. I own, and absolutely love my iPod....
More on the TV show "How It’s Made"
I watched some Tivo-ed episodes of the Science Channel (part of the Discovery Channel family of networks) show "How It's Made." The show is...
Lean Champions Are Critically Important
The Manufacturer.com - We are the championsBy "champions," of course, we don't mean some "Top 10" list of lean companies or lean people. ...
Instead of raising stamp rates, the USPS should cut costs
csmonitor.comI agree with this writer, in principle, that the United States Postal Service should look to cut costs before increasing postal rates (it's...
GM Thinks They Will Remain #1?
GM: NOT SO FAST, TOYOTA: A global sales surge keeps us ahead, Wagoner reports (Detroit Free Press)Rick Wagoner points out that GM's sales growth...
Ford’s Future
With the North American International Autoshow only a couple of weeks away I'm sure there will be a barrage of articles on the plight...
