Clarity Is Missing Link in Supply Chain – WSJ.com Ah, here we go, it’s time for the annual Just-In-Time-bashing article from the Wall Street Journal. Some past “the WSJ doesn’t get it” posts include: This WSJ Article (as do Many…
Airbus Aims to Pull Back Without Stalling – WSJ.com: This recent article about Airbus talks about facing a challenge of declining airplane orders. Airbus said Friday that it booked orders for just 16 planes in March, compared with 54 orders…
TL;DR: Ford wants to learn from Toyota without blindly copying–but Lean isn’t just about continuous improvement and efficiency. Without a deep commitment to respect for people and long-term thinking, copying Toyota’s tools won’t deliver Toyota’s results. Ford CEO Mulally shares…
Credit crunch – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I hate the term “credit crunch.” It’s used in headlines as a noun, a “crunch” that’s some sort of monster that terrorizes banks and individuals. Headlines, such as: Banks count the cost of…
It’s once again my pleasure to host the Carnival for John Hunter and his Curious Cat blog. Please submit your favorite management posts to the carnival. Read the previous management carnivals. Boeing Plays Whack-a-Supplier (Kevin Meyer – Evolving Excellence): “Pretty…
Time is short for a full post, so here’s an effort to clean out the backlog and to give you some links to check out:Friend of the blog, Mike Thelen, has an article expanding upon the “Lean vs. LAME” construct:…
Harry Hillaker–Father of the F-16 Toyota’s Value Innovation: The Art of Tension Mark has written before about “Everyday Lean“, those little examples of error-proofing or kanban or flow that we see in our day-to-day lives. In a similar vein, one…
A sampling of unsolicited quotes from readers: “I read your blog on a periodic basis, and enjoy your insights.” – Management Engineer/Planning (Hospital System, Utah) “I wanted to thank you for indirectly making a meeting with Dr. Gwendolyn Galsworth possible.…
Boeing Scrambles to Repair Problems With New Plane – WSJ.com Interesting article in today’s WSJ about the ongoing problems in bringing the new 787 “Dreamliner” to market. Sounds like a nightmare of a process. Look at the waste highlighted in…
C.E.O. Evolution Phase 3 – New York Times In this quote: Mr. [X] “is disarmingly unpretentious,” he added. “…he towers over other C.E.O.’s when it comes to putting in people stronger than himself or his ability to talk about setbacks.”…
IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders — Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders — Lean On Me (Print Version) Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei have already linked to this, but I’ll also post it with a few different highlights.…
I’ve done this before with the WSJ… since I was in Seattle, I saw the Sunday Seattle Times, which had many articles that had some inadvertent (and unsaid) Lean angle (or so I thought). Article 1: Snap goes deadline at…
