Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk: “Manufacturers need more government money for training, research and innovation rather than lower labour costs to face up to growing competition from China, trade unionists said on Tuesday.” As long as some of that money…
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says Click above for the story. I’m glad Toyota and other foreign automakers are growing to make up for jobs lost from the “Big Three/Two”. Please check out my main blog page…
BostonHerald.com – Business Coverage: An article about the new business novel about Lean. “But don’t expect to see “The Gold Mine” on the bestseller list. The purpose of the novel is to educate readers about the benefits of “lean” production…
63,000 People In San Antonio Seek To Fill 2,000 Jobs At Toyota’s New Factory: A few interesting quotes in this article, which begins with: “It is much harder to get a production-line job at Toyota than it is to get…
Thinking by Peter Davidson: Dutch Boy Knows What They Are Marketing This seems like a very smart lean paint can. Think of painting a room — anything other than applying paint to a wall is “waste”. This new paint can…
Airbus, Boeing Eye Production Rate Boosts Across Product Lines – Fly Away Simulation, Flight Simulator #1: I’ve written about Boeing’s impressive cycle time reduction before. I’ve also pointed out quotes from Boeing folks who think and say “well, our costs…
KING5.com News for Seattle, Washington KING5 HealthLink A scary example of how a lack of 5S can literally kill. “ The mother of four had gone in for a procedure on a brain aneurysm. But afterward, instead of injecting her…
Interesting story about a Fortune 500 company who is starting up a factory in China: Apparently, they are having trouble getting tools, so employees from an American factory went to Sears to buy Craftsman tools to send to the China…
Business – International Herald Tribune Interesting article on how small mom-and-pop startups are using China’s manufacturing capabilities to get off the ground. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted…
KRT Wire | 06/21/2005 From the Chicago Tribune, an editorial. “Forcing a rapid upward revaluation of the yuan, as Congress seeks to do, won’t solve America’s trade problem. That can best be addressed by reining in profligate government spending, encouraging…
FT.com / Asia-Pacific – Chinese manufacturing hub toughens investor rules: There’s always somebody/someplace “cheaper” isn’t there? “Shortages of power, labour, land and water are raising costs for manufacturers in the area, forcing some low-end factories deeper inland. At the same…
New York Times:“Toyota’s impact on the nation’s economy has been powerful. A study by the Center for Automotive Research, which has yet to be published, estimates that Toyota’s investments in the United States had led to 386,600 American jobs as…
