Monthly Archives: December 2006
I’m Not Always Right…
I don't claim to always be right here on the Blog (or in general). Sometimes I throw ideas out there and I learn...
OT, then Plant Shutdowns = Waste
Chrysler Extending Plant Closures Over Christmas in Bid to Shrink Inventory: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceWe read this morning in the WSJ about how...
Article by Upcoming Podcast Guest
IndustryWeek : Lean Improvement: What To Tackle FirstHere is the 2nd part of a two-part Industry Week series by Dave Gleditsch, the Chief Technology...
The Gift of Overproduction
Honey, You Shouldn't Have - WSJ.comUpdate: I was probably wrong on this one (see here).You see the ads for Lexus with the cars...
We’d be fine if you just Paid us More
Hospitals prescribe increased reimbursements from insurers to aid recovery of sickly health care systemHospitals need to learn to reduce costs. You can't just...
Boeing Still Improving with Lean
Manufacturing overhaul will help Boeing avoid bottlenecks - MarketWatchHere's a Wall St. analyst who is actually high on their lean efforts:"The key behind lean...
A Realistic Lean Challenge
Sturm, Ruger to offer buyoutsI've been getting entries in the "Lean Challenge" contest and read about this challenge online. We all talk about...
Maximizing Manufacturing Efficiency in China: A Discussion on Lean Principles with Jim Womack –...
LeanBlog Podcast #13 brings us part 2 of our discussion with James P. Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, the author of many books...
Training Within Industry Summit
TWI Summit to Help Redeploy the Long Forgotten Training Within Industry ProgramHere is some info about Jim Huntzinger's upcoming TWI Summit. You can...
Lean is more than 5S
Lean manufacturing initiatives increase efficiencies at MoynoHere's a glowing news report about how lean is helping a manufacturing company. Who knows if it's...
Future Leaders from the Ranks of our Colleges and Universities
by Jamie FlinchbaughI'm not sure if this has much to do with lean, other than to say that business leaders are needed to make...
Toyota Still Poised to be #1
Toyota poised to get GM's top spot | The Japan Times Online:Analysts thought it might be 2006, but now 2007?"Analysts say 2007 could be...
