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Curious Cat Management Improvement: Problems Caused by Performance Appraisal Here’s a good post on the Curious Cat blog on the problems with performance appraisal systems. I’ve seen, generally, more problems caused by these systems than the good that comes from…
Honda gets closer to picking site for plant (Detroit Free Press) There’s also an article in today’s WSJ about Honda’s growth plans. It also talks about more job cuts announced by GM in the UK. The WSJ (probably channeling a…
Much has been written and talked about over the last two years about the “human side of lean” and the “respect for people” pillar of TPS. Only through our own failings, my colleagues and I learned the hard way that…
Independent Online Edition > Business News Dell has been on the bad side of Wall Street for a while now, the stock is some 30% lower than it was in 1999. I might comment more later on Dell’s troubles, there…
New factories started in the U.S. – we don’t hear that often. But it is going on. Here are just three examples. Viking in Greenwood, MS Cobra in Hillsdale, MI DuPont in North Towanda, PA Please check out my main…
For the rest of May, we are accepting submissions of Everyday Lean, examples from our daily lives of how lean can make stuff easier, simpler and more effective. Here is the original post and contest details. The winner gets a…
A couple of months ago, I wrote in my column for Assembly Magazine on a topic titled “Fix My Manager, Please!” The essense of the column was that we need to push harder up the ladder to get our managers…
US-IL-Chicago-Senior Continuous Improvement Consultant (423380 – Grade H / WHQPP) I spoke with a gentleman from United, they are ramping up a lean/continuous improvement group through corporate. It sounds promising, please check out the link via Monster.com, above. Please don’t…
I received an email from a blog reader, which asked: I just found your blog on Lean and I am hoping you can offer me some help. I have searched everywhere but cannot find a sample of the format used…
WSJ.com – In the Lead ($$) The entire headline is “Executives Must Stop Jumping From Fad to Fad and Learn to Manage.” Amen. Excellent column in the WSJ saying that we need to avoid being “copycat managers.” The “program of…
Find Jobs – Senior Specialist Continuous Improvment As a far-too-frequent flyer on American, I can tell you first hand that they need continuous improvement. It always cracks me up when I see typos in quality related items, as with the…
Hamilton Spectator – News I can’t believe I’m about to defend Ford. I’m not a huge believer in the Way Forward, it sounds like a bunch of hype and spin. What Ford (and GM) should work on is designing popular…
