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Why Toyota is Eliminating the Andon Cord from its Factories

Mark Graban Aug 2, 2014 17
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If you clicked on my intentionally attention grabbing headline (or what might be a parody of those)... no, Toyota…

Andon Cords at the Toyota Takaota Plant – It Doesn’t Come Naturally?

Mark Graban Nov 13, 2012 16
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Yesterday, I was able to visit Toyota City as part of the Kaizen Institute tour I am a part of. Now, we weren't…

Toyota Was Helped, not Hampered, by TPS During the Pandemic

Mark Graban Nov 22, 2022 0
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A culture of learning makes the difference, not "low inventory" Last year, I wrote a post that criticized…

At Toyota: Mistakes are OK, as Long as We Learn; Culture and Psychological Safety

Mark Graban Nov 17, 2022 1
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The book that I'm writing on learning from mistakes is not an academic research-driven project. My "field…

Ken Pilone, the Author of Lean Leadership on a Napkin; Toyota Says…

Mark Graban Aug 24, 2022 1
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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #455 of the Lean…

Hide Oba Discusses His Legendary Father, Toyota’s Hajime Oba

Mark Graban Jan 20, 2021 3
Interviews
Joining me for Episode #397 is Hide Oba. His father was the late Hajime Oba, famous for his work at Toyota and the…

Remembering Hajime Oba of Toyota and TSSC (1945-2020)

Mark Graban Sep 26, 2020 0
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I've seen a number of people post on LinkedIn about the passing of the legendary "Mr. Oba" of Toyota (sometimes…

Inside Toyota’s Takaoka #2 Line – Flexibility and Kaizen

Mark Graban Jun 11, 2019 2
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This is an interesting article: Inside Toyota's Takaoka #2 Line: The Most Flexible Line In The World I…

How Checklists and the “Andon Cord” Concept Can Help With Webinars

Mark Graban Mar 6, 2019 0
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For years, Dr. Greg Jacobson and I have used checklists when prepping for and running our various webinars via…

Toyota as a “People Development Company”

Mark Graban Jan 14, 2019 29
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When I had the chance to go back to Japan last October with Honsha, there was a big focus on what the former…

Podcast #314 – Skip Steward & Brandon Brown, on TWI & Kata in…

Mark Graban Aug 15, 2018 0
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Today I have two guests joining me for Episode #314 of the podcast. They are Skip Steward, the Chief Improvement…

The Academy Awards Add an Inspector, Practice “Andon Cord Pulls,”…

Mark Graban Mar 7, 2018 0
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Tomorrow, my post will be about headlines that scream about ratings for The Oscars being "down from last year" or…

Podcast #300 – Tracey & Ernie Richardson, The Toyota Engagement…

Mark Graban Feb 15, 2018 0
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My guests for Episode #300 of the podcast are Tracey and Ernie Richardson, authors of the excellent book titled:…

The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not All Companies…

Mark Graban Feb 8, 2018 5
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Not all Japanese companies are the same. "Lean isn't easy" if you're a Japanese company. Toyota has created…

Toyota is Admired for Good Reason… But About Those Rotating Job…

Mark Graban Jan 25, 2018 22
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There's much to admire about Toyota and even regular readers of this blog might throw the "fanboy" label at me. …

What We’re Looking Forward to Learning at the Toyota Plant Tour

Mark Graban Jan 16, 2018 0
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Tomorrow, with the entire KaiNexus team, I'm going to visit the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio, the plant…

Did Toyota’s #Lean Mindsets & Practices Really Leave the (Now) Tesla…

Mark Graban Dec 5, 2017 14
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Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was…

A Lesson From Toyota: Thanking Employees for Pointing Out Problems

Mark Graban May 16, 2017 4
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Thanks to Lean Frontiers for sharing a story from Mike Hoseus on LinkedIn. Mike is, of course, co-author of the…
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