In the course of my consulting work, I’m sometimes asked something like, “OK, so do you use this stuff at home? Do you 5S your kitchen and your garage?” Well sure, I’ve “5S-ed” my kitchen, in the sense that I…
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…
Kanban in Action Here’s a nice example of applying Kanban to a software development process, from David J. Anderson’s “Agile Management Blog.” Has anyone used a process like this for managing open factory maintenance issues instead of software bugs? Visit…
I’ll probably start this as a weekly or monthly feature, publishing the links and articles that I tuck aside as “drafts” but never end up blogging about. This will be more just a list of links, with no commentary. TPM…
Here is an example of “everyday lean” I discovered: Rather than giving a late “toner low” notice that says the toner will run out (usually right as print quality degrades significantly), this printer gives specific notice, that you have 1000…