Monthly Archives: April 2007
Lean and Green at Toyota San Antonio
MySA.com: Business:Following up on the Lean and Green theme, from the new San Antonio Toyota plant:"'Muda' is the Japanese term for waste. Toyota does...
More Notes on the Business Week Article
Toyota: A Carmaker Wired to Win:Dan Markovitz beat me to the punch, but I also wanted to comment on some things in the article:The...
Lean Is Not "Frugal." Lean Is "Value."
By Dan MarkovitzBusinessWeek online joined the rest of the media in noting that Toyota just passed GM as the global leader in auto sales...
Toyota Tops GM in Sales
Toyota topples GM as global sales leader - USATODAY.comIt's been long expected, but the day is finally here: Toyota is now the global...
"Toyota Talent" out April 29
Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A...
Lean, Green, and God
BeliefWatch: God Is Green - Newsweek Beliefs - MSNBC.comThis article struck me today, not exactly like a lightning bolt from the sky, but it...
L.A.M.E.: Thinking Lean is About Speed, not Quality
A blog reader, Tom, sent me a PDF of a column from the ASQ "Quality Progress" magazine, the April 2007 issue. The article...
Iacocca’s Nine C’s of Leadership
USATODAY.comFormer Chrysler chief Lee Iacocca has "failed" at retirement, he says. His latest project is a new book, Where Have All the Leaders...
2007 Lean Accounting Summit "Agenda Reveal"
GoToWebinar : Link for WebinarClick on the link above for a free web seminar about the upcoming Lean Accounting summit, including two good friends...
Mini Lean Carnival
Here is a mini "Lean Carnival" of some interesting blog posts I saw last week:Here's a nice overview of the 5 Whys and Root...
Productivity: Industry vs. Health Care
I don't know the source on the data, but I heard a hospital President today talking about his hospital's Lean journey. He said:"Manufacturing...
I Stand Corrected
Are We Creating Problems By Design?: Beyond Blinking Lights and AcronymsMike Schaffner's "Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms" blog linked to my complaining about the...
