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Wenger Corp. Announces Price Increases – MarketWatch Harkening back to my earlier post about GM schizophrenically cutting AND raising prices (due to poor sales and rising materials costs), we find another article about a company raising prices “because they have…
PodcasterNews – Better Process Podcast – Industry Report Mark Graban LeanHospitalsBook.com OK, this is turning into a highly promotional week for my book, hope that’s OK with everyone. Here is another podcast interview, this time conducted by Ken Rayment. I’ve…
Thinking back to a letter-to-the-editor that I mentioned last week, this is such a critical point, I wanted to think and write about it again, especially since it was in the comments and not everyone sees that. It’s not the…
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Headlines from the auto industry | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press I’ve always been a huge fan of Gary Convis and his leadership style, which you know if you’re a frequent reader of the blog. I’ve been curious to see…
Industry News: GM To Offer Zero-Percent Financing, Raise Prices, Screen Hummer Buyers It’s very hard to figure out what GM is thinking these days. In the first link above, the Jalopnik blog highlights an inconsistency I also noticed… it’s the…
Lean Thinking Network | Competing Podcast » Archive » Competing Mark Graban Thanks to Dwight Bowen for having me as a guest on his excellent podcast series. I chatted with Dwight about my book and the applications of Lean methods…
The Idris Jala way A colleague of mine in the UK came back from a holiday in Borneo, talking about seeing the CEO of Malaysia Airlines on TV, talking about Toyota. How random is that? I can’t find the video…
Monday morning blues ‘are a myth’ – Science, News – The Independent I’m going to take a bit of a “blog holiday” this weekend, since it’s a holiday in the U.S. (I prefer to call it “Independence Day,” not the…
Springs maker saves £50,000 by going lean – Crain’s Manchester Business Here’s a Lean story from the U.K… A Rochdale-based maker of springs for military, aerospace and automotive customers, has saved £50,000 and improved productivity thanks to lean manufacturing techniques.United…
TL;DR: When leaders impose arbitrary targets without improving the underlying system, people will find ways to hit the number without helping the patient. The problem isn’t the people — it’s the design. I’m here in the UK for work, and…
Seth’s Blog: Learning from frustration Once again, Seth Godin intersects with the concepts of the book Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together. Seth writes about the Lean Solutions principle of not wasting the customer’s…
