Monthly Archives: June 2007
Toyota’s Convis Retires
Georgetown News-Graphic: NewsThis was already announced, so maybe his retirement has just now taken effect, Gary Convis, the former leader of the Toyota Georgetown...
Updated: GM Shows "Standard Work" to Journalists?
GM teaches writers to build it right each timeUpdated: GM *does* do some kaizen in the classWhat we call Lean or TPS, they...
Two L.A.M.E. Tales
Irony is Beautiful - TrumpetMasterWhy these stories are on a trumpet player message board is beyond me (thank you Google Alerts for finding the...
Jeff Liker on "Happy Cows"
FT.com / Business Life - In pursuit of happiness:Interesting quote from Jeff Liker in the Financial Times about TPS and an example of a...
A Collection of Lean Success Stories
Sometimes these stories come across the wire in batches, there's a flurry of positive Lean news this week: Pierce ablaze with ordersHere'...
What Deming Taught Toyota
managementwisdom.com
Many folks don't realize the relationship between Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Toyota. The link above shows some of the credit that Toyota gives/gave...
Error Proofing Cell Phone Calls
Cubicle Culture - WSJ.com:As the WSJ article mentions, my wife's purse sometimes calls me... her Blackberry sometimes calls me if she didn't put the...
“You’re Not Developing Your People,” says Norman Bodek
By Norman Bodek, PCS Press
Note: This originally appeared recently on the NWLean email list. This is re-printed with Norman's permission. Consider it a preview...
U.S. Army saving $2 Billion from LSS
Army ArticleWe've had a few posts about the LSS efforts of the military, including the Army and Air Force.Here's an article from the Army...
Time for Value Added Engineering
Ford Adopts Focus Time - Detroit NewsBy Andy Wagner:I have blogged before on the inefficiency of multi-tasking and the virtues of more single-piece flow...
I’m Writing A Book!
Last week, in calling for "guest bloggers," I hinted at a "special project" that will be keeping me busy over the next few months.The...
The Cost of Unsold Uniform Inventory
ESPN - Jersey change too costly for Raiders WR Porter - NFL
Bad news for Oakland Raider Jerry Porter:
The Oakland Raiders receiver said Wednesday he...
