Here’s what jumped out at me from Friday’s WSJ articles on Alan Mulally: his “war room” and his “first impressions.” (both articles require paid WSJ subscriptions, I believe). The free version of the war room article is here. In the…
By Dan Markovitz, Markovitz Consulting(Mark’s note… Dan has been a unofficial, yet very welcome, contributor to the blog for a few weeks now. We should see him posting directly soon. But for now, here is a post he sent me…
Not breaking news, but more article about Toyota’s expected leap to #1 in global auto sales in 2007. The NY Times and the International Herald Tribune both chimed in. All quotes below are from the IHT article. Toyota Motor said…
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…
No, I’m not complaining about the old “4 hour window” for service appointments. I ran into a new type of waste this morning. I had a plumber appointment, with a 10 to 12 noon window (which I am OK with).…
Honey, You Shouldn’t Have – WSJ.com Update: I was probably wrong on this one (see here). You see the ads for Lexus with the cars with red bows on top, the ultimate Christmas gift, right? It’s really the result of…
LeanBlog Podcast #13 brings us part 2 of our discussion with James P. Womack of the Lean Enterprise Institute, the author of many books, including the classic (published 10 years ago) Lean Thinking and the more recent Lean Solutions. Part…
Lean manufacturing initiatives increase efficiencies at Moyno Here’s a glowing news report about how lean is helping a manufacturing company. Who knows if it’s just the scope of the article or if the company is ONLY doing 5S work. Lean…
Auto writer: Assembling Ford Focus isn’t so easy I saw this in the paper while in Detroit this week and cringed. Ford is actually letting a reporter help build an actual car for an actual customer?? Without actual training? I…
Personal Technology – WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal has an article today about two automated online backup systems, Mozy and Carbonite. Each costs about $50 a year to automatically, in the background, backup your files to a remote online server.…
Wilbur Ross moves into the auto-parts industry – December 11, 2006 I referenced this article from FORTUNE a few days ago, but here’s an individual post. Wilbur Ross and his team walk shop floors looking for opportunities. Does anyone know…
Safety Issues on the Table: Saw this quote in an article about safety: “A range of issues and concerns fall under the rubric of ‘globalization,’ from the challenges of maintaining safe and healthy workplaces amidst the pressures of lean manufacturing…
