Monthly Archives: May 2006
Asian Automakers "Perceived" to be Winning
Honda gets closer to picking site for plant (Detroit Free Press)There's also an article in today's WSJ about Honda's growth plans. It also...
Respect for People
Much has been written and talked about over the last two years about the "human side of lean" and the "respect for people" pillar...
Dell and HP Margins
Independent Online Edition > Business NewsDell has been on the bad side of Wall Street for a while now, the stock is some 30%...
Lean Airports vs. Fat Airports
WSJ.com - Airports Start to Feel the Sting Of Airline Cost-Cutting EffortsFat airports? No, I'm not talking about the fast food concessions you...
Good Summary of Lean Healthcare DVD
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiJon Miller, over at the Panta Rei blog, did a much better job of summarizing the...
New factories and they are NOT overseas
New factories started in the U.S. - we don't hear that often. But it is going on. Here are just three examples.Viking in Greenwood,...
Lake Wobegon CEO’s
WSJ.com - Great Divide: CEO and Worker PayI've never been a fan of Garrison Keiler, but I'm reminded of his famous quote:"Welcome to Lake...
FREE BOOK CONTEST UPDATE
For the rest of May, we are accepting submissions of Everyday Lean, examples from our daily lives of how lean can make stuff easier,...
The Toyota Racing Way
Racing Junky - How Toyota will shape the NASCAR of tomorrowI'm not a racing fan, but here is an interesting column about the impact...
Leading up and taking risks
A couple of months ago, I wrote in my column for Assembly Magazine on a topic titled "Fix My Manager, Please!" The essense of...
United Airlines Lean Opportunity
US-IL-Chicago-Senior Continuous Improvement Consultant (423380 - Grade H / WHQPP)
I spoke with a gentleman from United, they are ramping up a lean/continuous improvement group...
Standardized Work Templates Question
I received an email from a blog reader, which asked:
I just found your blog on Lean and I am hoping you can offer...
