Tag: Chrysler

Episode #6 of the “Lean Whiskey” Podcast: Speyside Scotch, Remembering Lee...

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After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast. In Episode 6 of...

On the Recent Passing of Two American Auto Industry Legends: Lee...

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Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2. Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS, also passed away a...

This Date in Lean Blog History: August 6

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My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a life, dude." :-) Here's a...

Lean Thinking (Finally?) Gets to Chrysler Windsor Plant?

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This article appeared back in March... March of 2013... as in this year: "Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class." I mean,...

MD or MBA as CEO? Wrong Question?

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As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...

The CEO as 24×7 Expeditor? That’s Not Good

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The traditional model of business leadership has the CEO as the most important decision maker. Generally, the higher up you go, leaders make more...

Three Bankers and a Campaign Aide Walk Into an Auto Industry…

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A Look at Obama's Auto-Bailout Team - WSJ.comStop me if you've heard that joke before... so here is the assembled team that will oversee...

"Viable" by March 2009?

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Bush Gives Emergency Loans to Automakers - NYTimes.comDetroit News ArticleI don't understand this at all. What is the operational definition of "viable"? What will/can...

Chrysler matches Toyota in a Single Skew-able Metric – Who Cares?

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Chrysler matches Toyota in efficiency - Detroit NewsI didn't mean for this to become "beat up on the Detroit Three" week... this comes in...

A "Lean" Article that Doesn’t Mention Real Lean

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Turning Chrysler Into ToyotaIt's disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey,...

What if Roger Penske *Had* Run Chrysler?

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Roger Penske adds the Smart car to his $17B empire - Oct. 5, 2007Good article here about businessman Roger Penske. I didn't realize...

Updated: Press leaving Toyota for Chrysler

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Autoblog.com reportThis is surprising -- Toyota's top U.S. executive, Jim Press, who had been the first American named as a Toyota corporate director, is...