Press-Telegram – News: It sounds like a compelling argument from the union. “Jacki Harris, president of United Aerospace Workers Local 148, said she agrees with the Boeing concept of lean manufacturing, but job cuts shouldn’t just come from the hourly…
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Business When reading this article, I kept thinking about the trend toward bigger batches with shipping – bigger mega ships that take 4-5 days to unload at port instead of 2-3…
SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro — San Diego: This story is from California, but I’ve also seen it in the local news. I’ve complained in the past about big companies complaining that they can’t pass along the higher cost of…
My Way News When you’re outsourcing jobs to China, are you intending to support a culture/economy that allows this type of thing? I’m just asking.Former employees of a state-run oilfield in north China are jumping through a strange hoop to…
Here is a story from my plant, where we are in the early stages of a company wide lean implementation. I think this story shows how “old habits” can be hard to break. Inside the front door, we have a…
The Kinston Free Press Here is a nice little local story about a small (26 employees) company that started with lean (sounds like they did some training and a 5-day kaizen event to improve their production line). It’s always interesting…
WSJ.com – Requires Subscription: In an article that talks about Toyota’s lead (along with Honda) in hybrid vehicles, Toyota’s new President references Kaizen. “Mr. Watanabe said Toyota, through its storied manufacturing system of kaizen, or continuous improvement, can reduce by…
Marshall Loeb’s Daily Money Tip – General News – Personal Finance First off, are you reading this at work? ;-) This has been in the news the past few days and all of the blame seems to be pointed at…
Management & Marketing: Since we were talking about “lean software” yesterday…. I’m not an expert on Toyota history so I can’t validate every assumption made in this article. If you can, please click “Comments” below and let us know what…
Free Career Journal Link — new link for July 12 This article talks about Chinese manufacturing companies not in the context of cheap labor, but in the context of management skill. Most successful Chinese companies are the result of turning…
Darrell Norton’s Blog [MVP] We’ve had “lean healthcare day” before, maybe today is “lean software day.” A recent visitor to this blog is a software developer and pointed me to some resources on applying lean methods and principles to software…
Productivity Press I’ve mentioned this lean “business novel” before. I’m linking to this ad for the book because I was quoted in an email marketing campaign that Productivity Press sent out about the book. I do believe that the book…