Tag: Liker
Familiar Voices and New Voices on Lean
You heard enough from me yesterday... today I want to share some other voices with you and their thoughts on Lean. First, familiar voices...
Ten (Mostly) Common Misconceptions About Toyota & Lean
Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota | Quality Digest
I found this interesting column from Quality Digest, by Stewart Anderson, a guy who says he has...
University of Michigan Health System and Lean
University of Michigan looks to lean principles for system-wide improvements - MLive.comHere is some positive news coming out of my home state of Michigan......
Observations from One End of the Hospital
Lean Leap to Health Care #7 (click for Part #6)
by Scott McDuffee
"Where is the main entrance? Why do I follow the signs to HERE?...
A Word from the Lean Blog Sponsors
Dear Lean Blog Readers:I try hard to not bombard you with commercial messages, but I do want to take a minute to recognize three...
How to Get Started with a Lean Culture?
Here's another Lean Blog reader question from Joe, who writes:Last year I was part of an ERP implementation team at our company, and while...
Full List of Shingo Prize for Research Winners Announced
Award Recipients - The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence - shingoprize.org
The full list of winners has been released. Congratulations to all! It's personally quite...
Toyota’s Commitment to People
Toyota's plunge into big pickups veers into a Texas-size ravine - USATODAY.com
I've already written about this before, but there was a new article in...
Toyota Quotes That Reveal the Real Toyota Way (Not What Most...
TL;DR: Toyota's leadership philosophy isn't about control -- it's about confirming processes, supporting people, and solving problems without blame. This quote from The Toyota...
Are We Cowboys or Not?
Fixing East-West clash challengingProf. Jeffrey Liker keynoted a Lean event in Oklahoma and is quoted as saying:Maybe the cowboy and the samurai best illustrate...
A Japanese Paper on the Spread of TPS
CURRENTS / 'Toyota way' inspires lean practices
From a Japanese newspaper, an article about the impact the Toyota Production System is having on organizations around...
How Toyota Develops Lean Leaders — Jeffrey Liker on Manager Development...
Why do so many Lean efforts fail at the leadership level? Jeffrey Liker explains how Toyota develops managers over time--through stability, daily coaching, and...
