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Toyota Has Most Efficient Plant in N.A., Harbour Report Says: Click “comments” to see my thoughts and possibly add your own. “”‘Toyota’s labor productivity lead equates to a $350 to $500 per vehicle cost advantage relative to domestic manufacturers,’ said…
IndustryWeek : Under Pressure: This ties directly to the Toyota article from the other day and the concept of Profit = Price – Cost. The Industry Week cover story focuses on companies who work hard to mitigate cost increases without…
My-ESM – The Lean Journey: It’s nice to see lean being driven from the CEO level at this former IBM business unit. “What Celestica found was religion, of sorts. It began a journey of continuous improvement, a pilgrimage in which…
IndustryWeek This article doesn’t focus on lean, really, but it’s hard to ignore such a major company like GM. Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org The RSS feed content you are reading is copyrighted by the author,…
Icing on the cake at Victoria Foods: A new industry for lean? Here is an article about a British food company using lean to improve their business. “We’ve reduced labour costs by 18 per cent and customer service delivery and…
Press Release from Lean Enterprise Institute I would be interested in reading this, particularly to see how it compares to another recent lean “business novel” called Andy & Me. A link to more detailed information about “The Gold Mine” can…
Monthly Review June 2005 Fernando E. Gapasin and Michael D. Yates: Sigh, I don’t recommend reading this article, as it appears to be from a socialist/communist publication of sorts. “A list of the actions taken by labor’s class enemies makes…
Press Release To be clear, I am *NOT* endorsing i2 as a “lean” tool. “Business Agility”? What is that? “It is built on the principles of lean manufacturing and constraint-based planning, to get the best throughput and customer service levels…
Productivity Press Has anyone read this book on lean culture? I haven’t read it, but it came up in a discussion of “standard work for leaders”. If you have any experience with the book, please post your thoughts by clicking…
Muskegon (MI) Chronicle It’s good to see another example of trying to use lean to remain competitive versus moving this work and factory out of the country. It seems like shipping costs on bowling balls would lead you toward locating…
USATODAY.com: The article says:“Two million manufacturing jobs were lost in the last recession, yet the National Association of Manufacturers forecasts a shortage of 10 million skilled manufacturing workers by 2020, largely because students in middle school through college describe such…
Bangkok Post Wednesday 25 May 2005 – China sourcing: Are you ready? On one hand, this author says: They also talk about a successful implementation of the Toyota Production System/Lean Enterprise principles. He also directly observed this: The work ethic…