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Curious Cat Management Improvement The Deming-focused blog, Curious Cat, has comments on an earlier article I posted about Toyota and GM. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by…
Twice in the past week now, our department has had this similar problem happen. First, a global logistics company (rhymes with sledex) did not empty our overnight letter receptacle, even though they did pick up our freight. The second incident…
Detroit News – 07/20/05 Here is a column that discusses a trip taken by the MIchigan governor to Japan to meet with companies including Toyota. Many states are lobbying for the next rumored Toyota plant (in addition to the one…
Our consulting firm has two HR requirements before we’ll work with a client: 1. No regular employee will lose their job as a result of improvement activities. 2. No “forced ranking”. This means that there is no ongoing practice for…
This post comes from Mark Edmondson, President of LEAN Affiliates. Our team periodically visits a new client site that has a lean initiative in place. In these situations, we’re trained to rapidly assess the status of their efforts. Recently, after…
Here is a story from my plant, where we are in the early stages of a company wide lean implementation. I think this story shows how “old habits” can be hard to break. Inside the front door, we have a…
Preventing Lean Failures: Reason #2: Lack of Communication Come discuss the importance of management communication in your lean implementation efforts. Do you have any horror stories or tips to share? Check out the “Preventing Lean Failures” blog. Please check out…
Uncommon Sense: Is It Lean…or Just Anemic? Every once in a while I run across a very misguided article/column on lean, this one falls into that category. If you’re experienced with lean/TPS, you’ll recognize the traps this author has fallen…
L.A. Daily News Lean manufacturing, lean healthcare, now….. lean jails. The LAPD has gone through lean enterprise and TPS training through Toyota. “Last week, Chief William Bratton told the Board of Police Commissioners that Toyota methods have produced dramatic changes…
Click Here for the Blog: Reason #1: Lack of Top Down Management Support Click Here for the Blog: Reason #2: Lack of Communication I have been working with Larry Rubrich, from WCM Associates, and author of the recent book “How…
WSJ.com – Requires Subscription As Toyota grows, they are struggling with finding/keeping enough people who truly understand TPS tools and the Toyota Way. I’ll try to find a “free” version of this article but here are a few highlights (trust…
The Kinston Free Press Here is a nice little local story about a small (26 employees) company that started with lean (sounds like they did some training and a 5-day kaizen event to improve their production line). It’s always interesting…
