ContraCostaTimes.com | 06/12/2005 Thomas Friedman’s book “The World Is Flat” is great reading for anyone looking at issues of globalization. This article is nice summary of sorts, with reference to his “Dell Theory of Global Security” (or something like that)…
My company is attempting to define and create a “Company Production System,” patterned after TPS. Some of our executives visited TMMK (Toyota Georgetown) and understood the idea that TPS and lean are not just a bunch of tools (like 5S…
WSJ.com – (subscription required) | A free link here (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The gist of this article is that Maytag Appliance is probably being bought out by an investment company (another article about that here). Folks in Iowa are very concerned…
Alcoa: About Alcoa: Alcoa Business System From the Alcoa Production System (now “ABS”) to the Danaher Business System to the Ford Production System (the late 90’s effort — does that still exist?), some companies have, at least in name, attempted…
USATODAY.com: The article says:“Two million manufacturing jobs were lost in the last recession, yet the National Association of Manufacturers forecasts a shortage of 10 million skilled manufacturing workers by 2020, largely because students in middle school through college describe such…
Bangkok Post Wednesday 25 May 2005 – China sourcing: Are you ready? On one hand, this author says: They also talk about a successful implementation of the Toyota Production System/Lean Enterprise principles. He also directly observed this: The work ethic…
Lean Journey – The Never Ending Story Good article here on a group of Chinese executives coming to Canada to learn about lean (talk about a global economy). The author says:“Labour cost was not their main motivation, although it was…
BBC NEWS :It’s not just the U.S…. Scotland also is facing closures/moves to China. “‘We increasingly acknowledge that this situation is a symptom of a global manufacturing system which is dominated by low cost production in other countries. ‘Unfortunately for…
Many interesting comments here from someone who worked directly for/with Taiichi Ohno. He comments on developing workers who can think — TPS being the “Thinking Production System.”
Click for Article Just a short while after Jim Womack’s “Lean Consumption” article came out, here’s a real life example of Toyota doing lean auto service in India. They say they are applying kaizen techniques and reducing non-value added processes…
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville, TX: Another company looking for handouts. I found it funny that the Dell VP would say “I’m worried for our country” if North Carolina didn’t give them a zero taxes for 20 years deal to open a…
