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Check out the comments below this earlier post to see an initial response from the Lean Enterprise Institute’s Chet Marchwinski. He promises a lengthier response from Womack and Jones after they have had a chance to read the book that…
Toyota: A Carmaker Wired to Win: Dan Markovitz beat me to the punch, but I also wanted to comment on some things in the article: The article says: “Visit any Toyota plant in Japan, and it’s easy to grin at…
Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David Meier This has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A Lean Culture, in person and had a chance to hear him speak and to speak with…
USATODAY.com Former Chrysler chief Lee Iacocca has “failed” at retirement, he says. His latest project is a new book, Where Have All the Leaders Gone?. The book has made waves because of the political content (not the focus here), but…
Are We Creating Problems By Design?: Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms Mike Schaffner’s “Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms” blog linked to my complaining about the lack of root cause problem solving during a tech support call. I proposed that the…
Driving on the wrong side of the road — the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturing A new book is out attacking Lean. Or maybe the book is actually attacking “L.A.M.E.”, or “Lean as Misguidedly Executed” at Rover. This…
globeandmail.com: Private sector health care: Think quality, regulation I don’t think healthcare and quality is a “Private vs. Public” debate. As we’ll inevitably have debate during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, I think it’s important to keep quality in mind…
I had an internal factory tour that reminded me of Mark’s recent blog on the Not So Lean Factory Tour. The plant was not nearly the horror story Mark experienced, and in fact, it was one of best examples of…
I really dislike motivational posters, particularly those meant to inspire quality. I guess it comes from the early Deming training/indoctrination and having been around too many environments where Quality meant a poster that said “Quality is YOUR Responsibility.” Posters are…
In addition to my “Standard Work” for creating the blog, there are some good practices to share as a blog reader. Here’s one. If you’re interested in following just a particular topic and having email updates sent to you, follow…
Detroit News Article In terms of initial vehicle quality, Ford Motor Co. is in a statistical dead-heat for second place with Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., according to a new study the Dearborn automaker plans to release…
DemandPoint From their Press Release: Pelion Systems, a market leader in Lean Manufacturing Operating Systems, and JCIT International, the pioneer of award-winning Demand Flow ® Technology (DFT), have entered into an agreement to merge companies and create a new organization…
