Monthly Archives: November 2006

Lean in a Danish School

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A blog reader from Denmark, Peter, emailed me about a school that is applying lean and "Japanese production philosophies" (no kidding). The original article...

Applying Lean Tools to University Courses: Go & See

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By Luke Van DongenNext in the blog series on the topic of applying lean tools to university courses is 'Go & See', which I...

"Measuring Minds at Work"

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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...

"New" Learning about Lean Blog

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Learning about LeanJoe Ely is re-starting his blog, now with a focus on his very personal lean journey at work. Should make for...

Driving Organizational Change with Lean Principles: Insights from Jamie Flinchbaugh – LeanBlog Podcast #10

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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...

Lean-icopia of Toyota Articles

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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...

College Football Annual Review Problems

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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...

“No Satisfaction” at Toyota

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No Satisfaction - Toyota - Georgetown - Car Factory Thanks to a blog reader, Dan, for pointing this article out to me. This past week...

Toyota San Antonio Starts Production

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MySA.com: Metro | StateThe Toyota truck plant in Texas has started production. For all of the talk this week from the Big 3...

Updated Standard Work

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For what it's worth, I've updated my "Standard Work" document for the blog. My last update was back in May. This is...

Lean on the Road

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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...

Calling Chicago Area Lean Companies

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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....