Monthly Archives: August 2006
Toyota exec stands up to Texas heat
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Business ColumnistsHere is an article about the upcoming Toyota San Antonio plant and its leader,...
The Lean Library
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Here is a growing resource of book reviews of Lean Manufacturing Books, check it out.
The reviews have a standardized approach:
Book...
Some Misguided Error Proofing?
Hilton hotels introduced a new standardized alarm clock that seems to be in all Hilton properties now (including where I am in Midland TX...
Conference To Hear How Hospital Saves Time
Conference To Hear How Hospital Saves Time (from This Is Lancashire)I'm sure they are doing good lean healthcare work at this hospital in the...
Bringing Systems Engineering to Healthcare
Breaking the moldA good overview article is linked above, about applying lean, TPS, and systems thinking to healthcare.Two reports cited in the article:"Building a...
AutoWeek article on Toyota
The Roots of Toyota's Strength - AutoWeekWhy is Toyota so successful? AutoWeek answers:"Toyota's strength does not lie in a single core competency. It...
Wall St. Doesn’t Respect GE’s Processes
With Its Stock Still Lackluster, G.E. Confronts the Curse of the Conglomerate - New York TimesThanks to blog reader Steve for sending this my...
Boeing’s Beer Game
Boeing to shut down C-17 production
Boeing is planning to shut down production of a cargo aircraft. It's a slightly different lesson than the Ford...
Ford to Reduce Overproduction
Ford making deep cuts in 2006 production - Yahoo! News:It's sad to see factories shut down, temporarily or permanently, but it's sad that Ford...
But it was to "Six Sigma" standards…
Six Sigma Blog: Fire alarms: The Dell notebook scare and Six Sigma defect controlCIO MagazineI'm sure you've heard of the cases of Dell laptops...
Northwest Not Respecting Former Workers
Northwest advised workers to see treasure in trash | Reuters.comHere is an incredibly sad example of a company (or someone in the company) not...
Value Stream Mapping Revisited
Mike Rother, an excellent guy and also the guy that brought us all value stream mapping through the book Learning to See, has just...
