Luke Van Dongen

Luke Van Dongen
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Luke, an auto industry engineering veteran, blogged here from 2005 to 2006.

UK Lean Development Program

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I came across this funding announcement for The North East Productivity Alliance (NEPA) to support its work with regional companies in North-eastern UK. The...

American Auto Makers – Not Lean Enough

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I'm a bit late with this post, but I wanted to make sure to get this article link out nonetheless. Womack wrote a...

Accelerating the Pace of Learning

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Just-Auto.com reported today that next year Toyota will open a Global Production Centre in the UK to train European workers. There is already a...

Lean Consumption & Transportation

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Here's another example of the Lean Consumption model at work. The business model of car sharing is increasingly gaining momentum in North America. Including...

SOX costs $6.1 billion in 2005

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What a huge opportunity to implement some lean thinking! According to a report issued November 29 by AMR Research, SOX compliance cost $6.1...

Where’s the Innovation in closing plants?

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Ford's North American restructuring plan will include closing 5 plants and eliminating 6% of it's workforce....

Teaching TPS in the US

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Article LinkThis is a great Q&A with Seizo Okamoto - president of Toyota's truck plant in Princeton Indiana focusing on the challenges of teaching...

The Blue-Collar CEO

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Newsweek: The Blue-Collar CEOThis article ushers in Tom LaSorda as Chrysler's new CEO. LaSorda is the first child of labor leaders to become CEO...

‘Roger & Me’ all over again

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Similar Article, Free LinkA friend sent this link to me this afternoon almost immediately following a discussion we had about the current state and...

Can the value of a process be defined by its output?

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Something happened this morning that caused me to start thinking about this and it's been hanging around with me all day. Outputs, in my...

Passport Processing

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I recently renewed my Canadian passport. Expected completion and delivery of the passport was indicated to be 20 working days from the point the...

More on Peter Drucker

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More on the contributions of Peter Drucker. This article contains some excellent comments and reflection. Certainly worth sharing.Please check out my main blog page...