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More Wisconsin Lean

Lean manufacturing in action is a beautiful thing The link above is a column in a Wisconsin newspaper. He visited a plant “a few months ago” and is just now writing about it. I guess the lead times in newspaper…

Too Clever By Half?

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I know it’s weird that I have my camera in a bathroom, but it was a solo bathroom and I always have a camera in my pocket when doing Lean work. I ran across this papertowel dispenser and it wasn’t…

Lean TVs in Mexico?

Sharp takes a gamble on new TV plant in Mexico – USATODAY.com Good article in the USA Today today. Sorry for the redundant redundancy there. I’m reminded of an earlier post about Olevia building some TV’s in the US. I’m…

"Heightened Vigilance" is Not Enough

The Sun Chronicle Online – Opinion A medical error was in the news this week, a teacher was mistakenly given an insulin shot instead of a flu vaccine. Thankfully for the teacher, it’s not even something they had to be…

"Bubble Busters" Busted

El Paso Times – Bubble Busters say farewell Here’s what would otherwise be a nice story about employees working together on kaizen (continuous improvement). The team is being rewarded with a trip to Japan: “In December, the group, who call…

How Toyota Became #1, and Will Again

I’ve mentioned this book before, coming out Nov 1, it’s called How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World’s Greatest Car Company. I had the exciting chance to have dinner tonight with the author, David Magee. I have, in…

A Very Non-Lean ER Experience

Thanks to a Lean Blog reader, Matt, for sending this first-hand account. I’m sorry he (and his wife) had to go through this experience. This is posted with his permission. I’ll buck convention a bit and put my comments in…

Sorry, we have no Toast at Toast!

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I can’t say this is strictly Lean related, but I thought this was funny and I’ll share it anyway. So I’m at the airport terminal in Edmonton on Thursday, waiting to fly home and saw this one (and only) food…

How Curiosity Empowers Toyota

Business Week Article Here is a new article from Business Week, which also focuses on the upcoming book How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World’s Greatest Car Company. I’m going to have a chance to meet the author,…