Detroit Free Press article I think the headline here should really read “Young don’t see promise of auto industry in Michigan.” I read very different articles about how people are flocking to the plants in the south, how people are…
:: LFM-SDM NEWS ::: Congratulations to Randal Pinkett, the recent winner of “reality show,” The Apprentice. Randal was a year ahead of me as a student at the MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Although he hasn’t been working directly in…
I’m a bit late with this post, but I wanted to make sure to get this article link out nonetheless. Womack wrote a column published in the Washington Post Sunday December 11 in direct response to the speech that was…
WSJ.com – FDA Weighs Plan To Let More Foods Wear ‘Lean’ Labels This article might not be about what you think, if you just read the headline…. it’s related to food and the FDA. The FDA’s proposed label change would…
My friend and his former company have to remain anonymous, but I really laughed (although this isn’t ha-ha funny, I really empathize with him) when I saw his updated profile on one of the online networking sites. It describes his…
Today’s topic for the Project Kaizen group blogging effort is the idea of applying “quick and easy kaizen” to a project setting. “These are improvements that affect the ease of one person doing a job and within ones authority to…
Hi blog readers. I got some feedback from one visitor that said, “I’d like more explanation of articles you link to & more definitions of buzzwords and acronyms.” I try to avoid using buzzwords, and if I do so, it’s…
What a huge opportunity to implement some lean thinking! According to a report issued November 29 by AMR Research, SOX compliance cost $6.1 billion in 2005, and is expected to cost $6 billion in 2006. Without getting into the argument…
Mr. Ford’s Wrong Turn From yesterday’s Washington Post, an opinion column by Jim Womack. Womack counters an assertion by Ford CEO Bill Ford that his company “can compete with Toyota, but we can’t compete with Japan.” It’s worth reading the…
Hello, blog readers, just a quick update here. It’s been an exciting week on the Lean Manufacturing Blog. Thanks to being included on the Lean Enterprise Institute email blast, blog traffic really spiked, with over 2,000 visitors in the last…
By Mark Edmondson Today I went to the local post office to buy holiday stamps and Priority Mail boxes. (An aside: Priority Mail for gift parcels is a great deal – you can cram as much stuff as possible into…
Bob Nardelli is Watching Update Jan 4 2007 — I really had it wrong on Nardelli, see the latest news and post. They don’t call it a “gemba walk”, but in the new Fast Company magazine, there is a profile…