Monthly Archives: July 2006
Lean Army Video
Lean Army Video (via YouTube.com)Here is a video highlighting the benefits of apply lean to the Army Materiel Command. Improving turnaround time on...
News Flash: NYT Points out that GM is Slow
Jump-Start or New Battery for G.M.? - New York TimesInteresting point made by the New York Times about GM and Nissan-Renault. Most everyone...
New Lean Healthcare Blog
DailyKaizenI don't know if it's fair to call the DailyKaizen site a "lean healthcare" blog, I think we can all learn from it as...
Business Week and Lean Myths
No One Does Lean Like The Japanese - Business WeekThis article has some nice case study examples of how Matsushita is using lean principles...
Toyota: Way, Way Off-Road
Business Week OnlineI knew that Toyota didn't start as a car maker and I knew that they had the business ventures for manufactured homes...
Womack comments on GM-NR
ABC News: Can a Charismatic CEO Save GM?GM partnering with Nissan Renault? Jim Womack doesn't think it will help:"It's hard to see how...
Spelling Equals Standard Work
Push for simpler spelling persists
This idea iz stoopid. You can't haf peepole saying "this speling works beter for mee".
Spelling properly is a form of...
What Lean Looks Like In Arabic
lean.persianblog.comHere is a blog that links to mine. Can anyone read or translate this for me?Are there Arabic equivalents of words like "muda",...
Lean and Six Sigma Behaviors
By Mike Lopez:Before Lean, many of the activities that are presently structured as Lean projects used to take place anyway. They flew under corporate...
Not "Lucky" to get Hired at Toyota
WOAI: San Antonio News - Toyota Countdown: Landing a Job at ToyotaHere's a story about hiring at the Toyota San Antonio plant. There...
"Lean and Mean" Army? Not Really
TIME.com: Lean and Mean -- Jul 10, 2006 -- Page 1
So the article isn't as bad as I thought given the headline. A better...
"Lean and Mean?" Sir, No, Sir!
TIME.com: Lean and Mean -- Jul 10, 2006 -- Page 1I haven't had time to read this yet, but I'll invite your comments. ...
