Monthly Archives: January 2007
When Do You Resort to Firing?
Blog reader Grant, in Australia, sent me an email newsletter from a lean training and consulting organization that will remain unnamed (as I don't...
Two New Lean Blogs
It's always nice to see new voices join the lean blogosphere, here are two very different blogs on lean.Lean Six Sigma Academy BlogFirst is...
Lean for High Takt Times
Mark's Note: After some of my adventures in blogging about lean in aerospace, I got a volunteer to add some perspectives from that industry....
New Dave Gleditsch IW Column
IndustryWeek : Transforming Your Business To Lean: Lessons LearnedHere's the latest column by Pelion Systems CTO Dave Gleditsch, featured here in an earlier LeanBlog...
Toyota’s New Plant?
AP Wire | 01/20/2007 | Toyota narrows choice for plant to two, newspaper reportsToyota is down to two choices, Arkansas, and Tennessee, supposedly. ...
Two Years of Lean Blogging
Lean Blog: Misunderstandings About Value Stream Mapping, Flow Analysis, and Takt Time
The link above is my first blog post, from January 2005 (back when...
People in the Middle
This is my version of a Toyota diagram (click on it for a larger view) showing the "integrated system" of the Toyota Production System....
Why do Leaders Struggle?
In a follow up to another short post, "Bad Employees or Bad Leader?"I'll pose this question, which should be answered in a "5 Whys"...
Ford’s Fields Finally Sacrifices
Detroit News Article | Jan 4. WSJ Article on UproarThis was in Automotive News, a follow up to this earlier...
Art Byrne from Wiremold / Lean Thinking
Thanks to blog reader Osvaldo for passing this long. If you've read Lean Thinking or anything about Wiremold's lean journey and wondered about...
Hospitals and Lean
STLtoday - Business - Story
Here is an overview and general awareness article from the St. Louis paper. It's always nice to see lean (and...
Bad Employees or Bad Leader?
Question for the blog readers:A person working in a lean effort complains "My employees won't follow the standard work."Bad leader, bad employees, or both?Your...
