Here is part #3 of our DC lean tour, having already visited the National Museum of American History. I already have one Presidential quote that is somewhat lean related. I use it in the context of management needing to go…
Business – theage.com.au Are you sick of reading about Toyota’s success? I’m not. This reporter does a pretty good job of capturing the main points of the Toyota Production System. “… if they [visitors to the factory] are looking for…
Google Trends: lean manufacturing, toyota production system, lean production, lean enterprise There’s a new Google tool that lets you see trends in search activity over time and against other search terms. Click on the link above and you’ll see that…
So I’m trying to find a dermatologist to schedule an appoint (no it’s nothing serious). What amazes me is that all of the dermatologists in a reasonable driving distance have no open appointments until September or October. Talk about the…
Democrat & Chronicle: Business Let’s hope this becomes the trend, rather than indiscriminate offshoring of manufacturing work to China. This is the second article now in a short time (here was the first) that talks about companies moving at some…
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83 Problems Thanks to Seth Godin for passing this along. I’ll admit that, in the past, I had allow myself to get discouraged because of one, or 83, problems with our lean implementation. OK, so you don’t have top management…
Bessemer Venture Partners – The Anti Portfolio This post was originally written in 2006, but was updated in 2023 with an updated link and some quotes from the updated Bessemer “Anti Portfolio” website. The link above goes to one of…
by Jamie Flinchbaugh My monthly column Leading Lean for Assembly Magazine is now published. This month I focus on the staple of lean implementations, 5S, but I focus on what people are missing as they use this helpful, but often…
Working from home today, I ran out during lunch time (actually after lunch time in my effort to help level load area businesses) to the bank. As I entered, I saw this sign. By “ways to serve you better”, I…
TOYOTA: Company > Vision/Phillosophy I believe some of this material is new, or at least worth re-visiting. The Toyota Production System, an overview presented on the Toyota Global Website. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS…
Born in Japan made in USA – 05/30/06 – The Detroit News Online: Here is an article about Toyota’s Fujio Cho. I don’t take the view of another blog, which calls Toyota “racist” for having an solely Japanese board. I’m…
