Lean Meets Green at Subaru
By Jason Turgeon: Introductions: I’m Jason Turgeon, the newest addition to the Lean Blog team. Mark and I have had an email dialog going for a few months about the intersection of green and lean, and he’s invited me to…
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Something Nice About an Airline
After my last few complain-ey posts, you might be surprised to see something positive…. especially about an airline. For all of my complaining about airlines, I actually have something NICE to say about American Airlines. I discovered a new feature…
Norm Bodek on the New Shingo Book, ‘Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking’ [Podcast]
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #36 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his most recent publication, a text by the legendary Shigeo Shingo,…
Interesting NWLEAN Discussion
NWLEAN : Message: Why does Lean struggle to take hold in the U.S.? I’m a member of the Yahoo Group called NWLEAN, where there’s often some good discussion about Lean. The question was posed: “Why does Lean struggle to take…
Would We Ever See This Today?
Even CEOs think CEOs are overpaid? – Yahoo! News From a recent survey: Sixty-four percent of top executives view CEO compensation as excessive, according to survey released on Tuesday. It’s something we’ve often talked about here, excessive CEO pay, particularly…
Former GM Chief Passes Away
Roger Smith, Former G.M. Chief, Dies – New York Times Roger Smith passed away at age 82. While he was demonized by Michael Moore and he’s been criticized here for his “lights out factory” vision, Roger Smith tried many innovative…
Toyota’s All-Out Drive To Stay Toyota
Business Week Article I have a number of “Toyota is struggling” articles in the backlog to work through. Maybe I’ll dump the rest of those later in a single post. This was a good article from BusinessWeek (actually a weekly…
Boneheaded Design from Verizon
Verizon’s new phones set off alarm when you dial 911 This sort of smells like a “urban legend” or a tall tale, but this was also reported in the “mainstream media“, not just in the blogs (no offense to blogs!)…
Womack on China Costs and Lean Healthcare
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.…
LeanBlog Podcast #32 – Norman Bodek on His Most Recent Lean Study Trip to Japan
LeanBlog Podcast #32 once again features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this episode, Norman talks about his recent study trip to Japan and what he saw there. If…
The Same Kind of Different Car Company
A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect for people. It came from the Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Management, required to work…
Talk Shop with Cliff from Cheers
Series of Town Hall Meetings on Manufacturing Issues I’ve written before about John Ratzenberger (from Cheers fame) and his show “Made in America.” I’ve always appreciated his show because of what seems to be sincere interest in how things are…