Toyota topples GM as global sales leader – USATODAY.com It’s been long expected, but the day is finally here: Toyota is now the global sales volume leader: Toyota Motor sold more cars and trucks worldwide than General Motors in the…
Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David Meier This has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A Lean Culture, in person and had a chance to hear him speak and to speak with…
BeliefWatch: God Is Green – Newsweek Beliefs – MSNBC.com This article struck me today, not exactly like a lightning bolt from the sky, but it struck me. The Newsweek article talks about a growing movement among a number of churches,…
Here is a mini “Lean Carnival” of some interesting blog posts I saw last week: Here’s a nice overview of the 5 Whys and Root Cause problem solving:Shmula on asking “Why?” 5 times Mike Wroblewski had an excellent picture of…
Are We Creating Problems By Design?: Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms Mike Schaffner’s “Beyond Blinking Lights and Acronyms” blog linked to my complaining about the lack of root cause problem solving during a tech support call. I proposed that the…
Driving on the wrong side of the road — the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturing A new book is out attacking Lean. Or maybe the book is actually attacking “L.A.M.E.”, or “Lean as Misguidedly Executed” at Rover. This…
globeandmail.com: Private sector health care: Think quality, regulation I don’t think healthcare and quality is a “Private vs. Public” debate. As we’ll inevitably have debate during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, I think it’s important to keep quality in mind…
I had an internal factory tour that reminded me of Mark’s recent blog on the Not So Lean Factory Tour. The plant was not nearly the horror story Mark experienced, and in fact, it was one of best examples of…
American LED-gible Products I’d like to welcome American LED-gible (www.ledgible.com) as a sponsor on the Lean Blog. About the company: American LED-gible Incorporated has been in business since 1976 providing process control solutions for the workplace. We are a small,…
Juggling act sets up rink Even though I’m still a pretty die hard Red Wings fan, I live in Stars country now. Don’t ask me what I’ll do if the Wings and Stars meet in the second round. I went…
By Dan MarkovitzBack in October, Lifehacker ran a lengthy article on “personal kaizen.” The thrust of the piece is how we can improve our lives by adopting the kaizen approach of the TPS and applying it to our own work…
My main point here I think is “Tech Support should NOT be part of the normal process.” I needed to register for an internal company tech support website (for teleconference support) and was trying to log in to the website.…