A blog reader from Denmark, Peter, emailed me about a school that is applying lean and “Japanese production philosophies” (no kidding). The original article is linked, but it’s in Danish. The photo is from a second article on the same…
By Luke Van Dongen Next in the blog series on the topic of applying lean tools to university courses is ‘Go & See’, which I personally believe can never be overdone. Getting back to our example from the Operations course…
There’s a column with that title in the current issue of Business 2.0 magazine, the Nov 2006 issue. I’m re-posting this because the article is now online. The piece is about measuring the productivity of office or white collar professional…
Learning about Lean Joe Ely is re-starting his blog, now with a focus on his very personal lean journey at work. Should make for interesting reading. I’m glad Joe is sharing the types of details I feel unable to share…
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #10, again with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder of and Partner, co-author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. In this Podcast, we respond to an audio question from blog listener Bruce from Akron OH. The topic is how to…
Here’s a flock of articles about the new Toyota San Antonio plant that opened last week: Off to an aggressive start (Houston Chronicle) Plant President Hidehiko “T.J.” Tajima said the goal was “to build trucks where they are sold —…
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Let’s play 2? The above article talks about how, for all the talk of “computers” selecting the top two Division 1 college football teams for the championship game, most of the inputs to the system (at least two…
No Satisfaction – Toyota – Georgetown – Car Factory Thanks to a blog reader, Dan, for pointing this article out to me. This past week included a celebration of the opening of Toyota’s new factory in San Antonio. But what…
MySA.com: Metro | State The Toyota truck plant in Texas has started production. For all of the talk this week from the Big 3 about yen/dollar valuations and advantages that Toyota has with importing vehicles, it sure is strange that…
For what it’s worth, I’ve updated my “Standard Work” document for the blog. My last update was back in May. This is probably the fourth or fifth revision since I started that document. It’s a small reminder — standard work…
While traveling, even on vacation, you can see lean concepts abound: SFO airport, the escalator has a sign that says “no carts” (the big luggage carts), but they also put in an error proofing device, a “template” that is wide…
Looking for help from Chicago-area lean folks…. I was contacted by a Quality Manager at a pretty small, privately-held manufacturing company in the Chicago suburbs. they are considering launching into lean and they’d like to talk to or visit with…
