Monthly Archives: July 2006
The Unwritten Laws of Engineering
A couple months ago, Mark commented on the unraveling of the mystery of Raytheon's Swanson's The Unwritten Rules of Management. This book got incredible...
Forced Rankings and Respect for Humanity
Fortune: The new rules - Jul. 11, 2006Part of Fortune's cover story about how Jack Welch's "old rules" don't apply any more, this includes...
On the Shoulders of Giants
SME's Manufacturing Engineering magazine has a very special annual feature called the Masters of Manufacturing. This year they have selected Joseph Engelberger, considered the...
Lean: The New Buzz Concept
By Jamie Flinchbaugh < The Hitchhiker's Guide to Lean >I've read my share of articles on lean, and its no wonder people are confused...
GM Gaming the Cash Metric
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?:I knew companies played games with inventory numbers. Although there's no rational business reason to...
It’s a Value Problem, not a Cost Problem
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?Part of the discussion about a GM-Nisssan/Renault alliance has been the old "purchasing efficiencies" driven by...
Toast Kaizen DVD
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I received a copy of this DVD through work and...
The Chinese Auto Industry
I won't comment on this much, because I'm not an expert on the Chinese auto industry (I still buy U.S.-built cars). But The Great...
Interesting Change Model
I found this in a non-lean book, but I can see how this applies to our lean world, this change model:Many of the factories...
Tom Peters on Getting Bigger & Slower
tompeters! management consulting leadership training development project management:
It's no surprise that Tom Peters would have this take. He always asks, "what happens when you...
Is Shigeo Shingo Overrated in the History of TPS and Lean?
Unless you subscribe to Superfactory, you probably haven't noticed a nearly raging debate on the true contributions to "lean" and the Toyota Production System...
How to Poka Yoke This?
I received an email from an MBA student in Turkey (this truly is a global lean community). The emailer asked me a question...
