Journalists — Please Stop Using “Assembly Line” as a Lazy…
Back in 2006, I wrote my first blog post about the unfortunate use of "assembly line" to mean "bad quality." The…
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Podcast #311 – Jess Orr, #Lean Leadership Lessons from Toyota and Beyond
My guest for Episode 311 is Jess Orr, a continuous improvement practitioner at WestRock, a large paper and…
Context and a “Process Behavior Chart” Instead of Two Data Points:…
I started my career in manufacturing, so that's just one reason I'm interested in the topics of offshoring (sending…
How 200 Jobs Were Saved by Engaging Employees in Continuous Improvement
Mark's Note: Today's post is the first guest post by Jess Orr, who you might remember from the webinars that she…
The WSJ Overgeneralizes about The “Japanese Model,” Not All Companies…
Not all Japanese companies are the same. "Lean isn't easy" if you're a Japanese company. Toyota has created…
#Lean Can Be Very Fragile, Especially With Executive Changes In manufacturing or…
Lean can be very fragile. History shows that Lean can fall apart even in an organization that is years into a "Lean…
Podcast #298 – Billy Taylor, Lean Manufacturing Leadership, Part 2 The power…
Joining me again for Episode #298 is Billy R. Taylor, for Part 2 of a discussion we started in Episode #293.…
Clearing the Lean Blog Backlog: Lemmings, Change, Lean, & Leadership Closing…
Cleaning out the backlog of stuff I wanted to blog about...
Not Being Lean Lemmings; Why Best Practices Don't…
Did Toyota’s #Lean Mindsets & Practices Really Leave the (Now) Tesla…
Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was…
Podcast #293 – Billy Taylor, Lean Manufacturing Leadership, Part 1
My guest for Episode #293 of the podcast is a dynamic speaker and manufacturing leader, Billy R. Taylor. I saw him…
Lean, Leadership, and Employee Engagement at Whirlpool
I recently read this article on the IndustryWeek website:
Whirlpool's Green Takes Aim at World Class…
The Coming Auto Industry Battle: Toyota’s People vs. Tesla’s Robots?
Here's an interesting article from Fast Company:
At Toyota, The Automation Is Human-Powered
The sub headline…
[Updated] Monday’s #SolarEclipse: Supply Chain Challenges and Eye Safety…
Any rare event creates a number of challenges when it comes to manufacturing and supply chains. We're seeing a…
Fast Lean – What’s Not to Love?
Mark's note: I somehow stumbled across this 2002 HBR article, Read a Plant--Fast, so I asked regular guest blogger…
Book Review: The Work of Management
In today's post, Jason Morin, from XPO Logistics, writes a review of Jim Lancaster's recent book "The Work of…
Podcast #258 – Jim Huntzinger on Deflation, Lean Management & Lean…
Joining me for Episode #258 is a many times returning guest, Jim Huntzinger, the President and Founder of Lean…
Podcast #256 – Steve Bera, Reflections on NUMMI and #Lean, Part 1
I'm really excited to have Steve Bera as my guest for episode #256 of the podcast. I read about him as he was…
Podcast #255 – Mark DeLuzio, “Turn Waste Into Wealth” With Lean
This episode is sponsored by StoreSMART.
My guest for episode #255 is Mark DeLuzio, author of the…