Business Week Article I have a number of “Toyota is struggling” articles in the backlog to work through. Maybe I’ll dump the rest of those later in a single post. This was a good article from BusinessWeek (actually a weekly…
Let me try to lighten the mood after my earlier outrage over the medical mistake in L.A. (there are updates, though, see below). I don’t like to leave a negative post on top of the blog as we go into…
By Dan Markovitz Mark posted yesterday about the relative leanness of light rail vs. buses. He pointed out that a rail line probably has more capacity, but it’s very much a fixed asset, a “monument” if you will. Buses are…
Guest Post By Mike Thelen: ——————————– I received an interesting piece of “junk mail” this morning. What caught my attention and provoked me to open it was simply that it was from Honda and my Lean obsessive-ness engaged. Now, I…
Leadership and Innovation report – BlessingWhite The linked page has a research report on Innovation. Our friend Matthew May and I are both quoted briefly in a sidebar about Lean and innovation. Subscribe via RSS | Lean Blog Main Page…
Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #30 is an interview with Bob Emiliani, author of the books Better Thinking, Better Results, and Real Lean: Understanding the Lean Management System (Volume One) (and Volume Two). Bob had a long career at United Technologies, Pratt &…
The “Management Improvement Carnival” is a regular feature of John Hunter’s “Curious Cat” blog. John has had different bloggers hosting the carnival lately and now it’s my turn. So, here’s the Lean Carnival for the last two weeks, some of…
If you’re reading via RSS, that’s great, I support free full-text RSS feeds for my readers (over 800 now via RSS, compared to about 500 who visit the website). One thing you’re probably missing out on, unless you do visit…
Toyota Talent is the third, and newest, book in the “Toyota Way” series: In this trilogy of books, each is very different and has its own unique place in the Lean literature. These books are unlike a series of novels,…
Factory Physics is one of the most influential operations management frameworks ever written–and in this conversation, co-author Dr. Mark Spearman explains why it still matters. Listen to the Episode: For Episode #25, I’m pleased to have Dr. Mark Spearman, Founder…
In this Lean Blog Podcast episode, Jim Womack reflects on GM, Ford, and Toyota through the lens of Lean thinking–past, present, and future. He explains how Lean was coined at MIT, why it became misunderstood, and what leaders still get…
The Blotter: ABC Report on Pharmacy Errors I first stumbled across this 20/20 report when I saw a preview on the ABC investigative reports video podcast. Pharmacy errors are a major problem (see this story): There are as many as…
