Monthly Archives: August 2006
Harley helps Suppliers, and even Competitors
JS Online:Toyota's relationship with vendors is an important link in its successHere is a really nice column written by the CEO of a Harley...
Made in America? Your Choice.
WSJ.com - Made in USA? Now, Customers Get to ChooseBack when the Chinese iPod factory was in the news (prison or not?), I asked...
AOL Wasting Their (Former) Customer’s Time
One of the key tenets of the Womack and Jones book "Lean Solutions" is "don't waste my time" (as a customer). Below is an...
You Get What You Measure
It is often said "what gets measured gets done." I don't quite believe that, but measurement has a clear impact on behaviors within an...
Learning Lean from Col. Sanders??
Fried Chicken Dinner, on the Fly - New York Times
This isn't a "lean" article per se, but still, it reminded me of the operational...
Applying Lean to a Factory for the Blind
CITIZEN-TIMES.com: Techniques improve factory efficiency at Industries for the BlindHere is a very interesting story about a North Carolina lean consultant who worked with...
New Blog: Team Leaders’ Resource Library
Team Leaders' Resource LibraryHere is a blog I just discovered, done by Karl McCracken, who is a regular commenter here on the LeanBlog. ...
Deepening our Understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Respect for Humanity with Norman Bodek
Here is the second LeanBlog Podcast, featuring author and consultant Norman Bodek, President of PCS Press.
The first one can be found here and you...
More Shameless Cross Promotion
StartupGarden: Ten Blogs I LoveI was very happy to be included on this list of favorite blogs written by Tom Ehrenfeld, another good friend...
Mark Being Interviewed, Upcoming Podcasts
PodcasterNews - Industry Report 8-4 Lean Blog Podcast - LeanBlog.orgThe link above is a short interview I did with Ken Rayment for his podcast,...
Don’t be Satisfied…
Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing thoughts | Gemba Panta ReiGood post from Jon Miller here on his blog. He's right, most companies and leaders...
Operational Problems Slow Starbucks Growth
"Starbucks' Sales Slide on Frozen Drinks"
Starbucks is blaming operational problems for their sales slide (actually, it's just the rate of sales increase that fell,...
