Tag: Manufacturing

There's a common misconception about Toyota's "Andon" system, often expressed as: "When a team member pulls the cord, the line stops." But that's not entirely accurate,...

I was talking recently with a trusted friend in the Lean community. He told me a story. It's certainly believable, even if it's second...

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

I've already written one blog post about this excellent Bloomberg BusinessWeek article about the Lean transformation at GE Aerospace, a post that focused on...

The other day, I read about the passing of Donald E. Peterson, who was a key CEO for Ford Motor Company in the 1980s...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #502 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is DeWayne Allen, an executive,...

You might still associate the "old GE" with Six Sigma, but under the leadership of CEO Larry Culp, the last five years, it's all...

2024 Preface: I'm re-posting this blog post from 2012 about Lean at Boeing. The WSJ headline emphasizes "speed up," but that could be the...

As I recently shared on LinkedIn, I really appreciated the annual shareholder letter that was published and shared by Larry Culp, who has been...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #496 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Randy Carr, the CEO...

Join me for a LinkedIn Live session on Tuesday at noon ET, where I'll be joined by my friend Billy Taylor. We'll preview the panel...

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #485 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Erica Lee Garcia, a...