Exec Shuffle: Hyundai Motor America Names Lean-Production Expert to Top Post I wonder how other automakers would do having process thinkers instead of finance people in top posts? John Krafcik, one of the foremost U.S. experts on lean manufacturing, has…
Turning Chrysler Into Toyota It’s disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey, at least they really are a weekly publication, unlike our pals at IndustryWeek (sorry, haven’t…
Tom LaSorda Plebeian Prince (WSJ) Here is a new interview with Chrysler’s Tom LaSorda, a lean leader who has been featured often here on the Lean Blog (some earlier posts here). LaSorda is spending a lot of his time at…
Newsweek: The Blue-Collar CEO This article ushers in Tom LaSorda as Chrysler’s new CEO. LaSorda is the first child of labor leaders to become CEO of a car company – and perhaps even more importantly, he’s a manufacturing guy! The…
New Chrysler head LaSorda sees improved earnings in 2006, plans ‘smart’ output – Forbes.com You can tell LaSorda is a real lean guy from the longer WSJ version of this article, I love it: During the mid-1990s, Mr. LaSorda was…
TOM WALSH: DCX shifts into future LaSorda’s challenge: Keep up momentum Chrysler’s Tom LaSorda, a “plant rat” turns CEO Tom LaSorda, a former GM guy who moved to DCX, has been named Chrysler Group president and chief executive. It’s nice…
