Medical Leave — Offshore Medicine — Fast Company Interesting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and one of the visionaries, Ruben Toral, who wants to globalize healthcare. The idea of patients flying…
Time for a low-carb Lean Six Sigma?: Stuff like this irritates me to no end: “Lean Manufacturing has us analyzing process flow and delay times at each activity within a process. And while Lean Manufacturing principles help speed things up,…
Part Shortages Mean Even Longer Delays First, as a refresher course, here’s my take on why Dell is not a Toyota Production System company. The article I linked to above blames “Lean” for part shortages in the laptop industry, this…
A Key Strategy of Japan’s Car Makers Backfires – WSJ.com Be sure to read the comments for an excellent story from Matthew May about the 1997 Toyota situation and parallels to today. I predicted it on Wednesday, that the Japan…
Yahoo! News Updated: No real updates in the news, maybe we’ll learn more in the morning… but a few more thoughts of mine added below. Toyota (as well as other Japanese automakers, including Nissan) is having to shut down a…
Toyota’s success pleases proponents of ‘lean’ I know I’ve already linked to this article and other blogs in the lean world have already commented on it, but I have a few other comments. The publicity about Toyota becoming No. 1…
On March 3, Dana Corp., a key supplier of axles, brakes and truck frames to Detroit auto makers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In doing so, Dana became the 4th major auto parts supplier to file for bankruptcy in the…
This is an interesting article around the coming demographic shift in manufacturing, and the expected overall decrease in manufacturing workforce. A “Just-in-Time” workforce is suggested as a possible solution to fill the void. There’s no direct correlation in the article,…
