Report: Toyota May Slow US Plant Builds: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance WSJ article: REDUCED SPEED Toyota’s New U.S. Plan: Stop Building Factories Toyota is concerned about overexpansion and overcapacity in the U.S., apparently. In Japan, most of Toyota’s factories…
As More Toys Are Recalled, Trail Ends in China – New York Times Pet food, toothpaste, childrens’ toys…. (oh and let’s not forget the recent slave labor stories). Update: WSJ article with interviews from released slaves When does China’s reputation…
Hundreds of CEOs top $8.3M pay mark – USATODAY.com: This isn’t exactly “news” or at least anything new. Excerpt from the article: “CEO pay isn’t set by markets, Finlay said in an e-mail interview. Instead, it is ‘determined by a…
Northwest Air, Out of Chapter 11, Aims to Mollify Customers, Labor – WSJ.com Mollify (v): to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. I don’t understand airline management at all. Airlines, in general, seem to be one…
The Informed Patient – WSJ.com This article from the WSJ talks about a trend where patients (or, more often, family members of patients) who were injured or killed by medical mistakes are dedicating their lives to improving patient safety for…
Two Buck Chuck still making waves – Yahoo! News Wine making is still a very non-level process… those darn grapes only ripen once a year! That’s not what this is about. Anyway, one item jumped out in this article about…
Chinese say U.S. shares blame in food scandal – USATODAY.com I’ve been tempted a few times to post about the pet deaths from contaminated pet food — the contaminated ingredients came from China. This article caught my eye last week:…
I’m happy to announce a winner in the LeanBlog Contest that was sponsored by American LED-gible, Inc (www.ledgible.com). I had three outstanding entries, so it was a tough decision, but the winner is Andrea, who submitted an example from a…
Seconds count for Southwest | Dallas Morning News Here was a nice article from the Dallas paper a week ago about kaizen-type activities at Southwest Airlines. It’s not called Lean, nor does it reference Toyota, but it sounds like Lean.…
U.S. hanger factories lose out to Chinese manufacturers – March 5, 2007: “ This isn’t a Lean article, just an article that caught my eye some time back, detailing the demise of a factory that had production moved to China.…
In Bid for Better Care, Surgery With a Warranty – New York Times This outstanding NY Times article isn’t about “Lean” per se (they don’t call it out by name), but you can definitely see elements of Lean Thinking abound.…
Here’s an update on the current LeanBlog Contest on visual management. There are three outstanding entries so far, ranging from a factory, a healthcare setting, and a home setting (visual methods for error proofing a pet’s daily shots). This really…