I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Lean and Mean | PBS Alas, we can’t sue IBM Global Services (not IBM manufacturing) for misappropriation of the word “Lean.” This is yet another example of L.A.M.E., “Lean as Misguidedly Executed.” I don’t…
The Idiot Grinch of Fake Lean I know a lot of you probably also read the Evolving Excellence blog, but be sure to check out this post. Kevin Meyer’s doing his best to channel the outrage we usually get from…
I might have been the last one in the working world to try reading the book “Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life.” My dad gave me a copy…
On Point : American Manufacturing and Jobs Here is a 45 minute audio program from National Public Radio, discussing the future of manufacturing, focusing on the question of “how are we going to have a rising standard of living in…
Neosho Daily News Here is a nice story from Missouri about how La-Z-Boy is converting it’s plant (and others) from “batch and queue” to a lean, cellular production layout. Using lean to cut cycle times and costs is a great…
1 — ‘Slow and steady’ drives Toyota’s growth – (USA Today) 2 — Toyota Closes In on G.M. (NY Times, requires free registration) 3 — Toyota Powers Ahead at Kentucky Plant (NPR) This is probably my final post until next…
Somebody says it in the comments of nearly every post about Lean, usually with a few exclamation points. “Toyota doesn’t call it Lean!” It gets offered as if it settles the matter. I’ve said a version of it myself. Talking…
I’ve been reading The Birth of Lean, a collection of talks and interviews with the people who helped build the Toyota Production System. One passage stood out because it explains something I had never seen described this clearly: Toyota copied…
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I’ve been pulling together a slightly updated edition of my eBook collecting the sports-related posts from this blog. The earliest post in it is from October 2005. The most recent is from January 2017. Going back through twelve years of…
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A hospital VP I worked with once told her board the number of infections had dropped from 4 to 3. She got a small round of congratulations. The next quarter, it went to 5, and she had to explain what…
