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…
