OK, so I’ll admit I had a case of “rabbit ears” when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater Horizon rig a “lean” operation. They were using the colloquial everyday use of “lean,” a term that can get in the way of understanding the real “lean manufacturing” principles and approaches based on the Toyota Production System. The WSJ, though, has a track record of being horribly wrong about lean manufacturing, … Continue reading WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing”