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Detroit Free Press article I think the headline here should really read “Young don’t see promise of auto industry in Michigan.” I read very different articles about how people are flocking to the plants in the south, how people are…
How it’s made I just discovered another TV show that shows the basics of how different products are manufactured, the Discovery Channel’s “How It’s Made.” It joins the Travel Channel’s Made in America in this category of show. Please check…
Happy Holidays, everyone. One of my Christmas cards that I sent out was returned by the Post Office, the envelope and card had pretty much been ripped in half. The back of the envelope reads, partly, It certainly does! Even…
1 — ‘Slow and steady’ drives Toyota’s growth – (USA Today) 2 — Toyota Closes In on G.M. (NY Times, requires free registration) 3 — Toyota Powers Ahead at Kentucky Plant (NPR) This is probably my final post until next…
According to this article (link has been misplaced), ThedaCare has been modeling the Toyota Production System to implement lean for the last 2 years. There is some explanation of what ThedaCare terms ‘Rapid Improvement Events’ where a cross functional team…
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 cash will support 14 handpicked engineers to be trained in lean manufacturing under the Dissemination of…
:: LFM-SDM NEWS ::: Congratulations to Randal Pinkett, the recent winner of “reality show,” The Apprentice. Randal was a year ahead of me as a student at the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Although he hasn’t been working directly in…
Enterprise – NewsFactor Network Here is a nice little article on the adaptation of lean principles and the Toyota Production System to service sectors, such as call centers. The article has a nice summary of pull vs. push, but also…
Project Kaizen » Day 1: The Case for Project Kaizen Hal Macomber, the organizer of the “Project Kaizen” group blogging activity has a website with all of the compiled postings, at the easy-to-remember www.projectkaizen.com. Check it out. Please check out…
Detroit News – 10/17/05 UPDATE 2/9/06: Why the sudden interest in this article?? Email me. This isn’t new news, nor is it a new program, the GM “jobs bank”. When I worked at GM, 1995-96, as a new college graduate,…
It’s been a busy month on the blog. After reaching 10,000 visitors at the end of October, we hit 20,000 this past week. Thanks to all who have visited and contributed! Mark Please check out my main blog page at…
I know this picture is a bit hard to see, but here’s one for you software folks out there. See the icons on the top of the screen? The developers got cute and put in little icons to represent common…
