Tag: Manufacturing

Manufacturing Leadership, Lean Systems, and Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing is where many Lean ideas were first developed—but lasting results never come from tools alone. This archive explores manufacturing through the lens of leadership, safety, culture, and systems thinking, drawing lessons from real plants, executives, and frontline experiences that still matter today.

From Toyota and NUMMI to modern aerospace, appliance, and industrial operations, these posts show how manufacturing excellence depends on respect for people, learning from problems, and designing systems that make the right work easier.

WSJ Shows Us a Day in the Life of a Plant...

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As a Lean practitioner, I found the Wall Street Journal article about Ryan DeLand, the 39-year-old leader of Whirlpool's washing machine plant in Clyde,...

Transforming Operations with Lean Leadership: Bill Remy, CEO of TBM Consulting,...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #520 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Bill Remy, CEO of...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: November 1, 2024

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

Breaking the MRP Insanity Trap: Jerry Wright on Lean Systems and...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #518 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jerry Wright, author of...

Jacob Stoller on Productivity Reimagined, Lean Thinking, and Sustainable Growth

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Jacob Stoller challenges common productivity myths and explains why true productivity growth comes from improving processes, quality, and culture--not just cutting costs or adding...

A Monthly Bonus for Zero Injuries — and Why It Backfires

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TL;DR: A zero-injury bonus may look like a safety incentive, but it usually distorts behavior. Lean and Deming teach us that punishing bad numbers...

The Pitfalls of Safety Bonuses in Lean Factories: A True Story

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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...

Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: May 31, 2024

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

Lean Transformation at GE Aerospace: How Larry Culp is Revamping a...

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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...

Don Petersen, Ford CEO Who Learned from Dr. Deming, Passes Away...

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

Lean from a General Manager and Executive Perspective: DeWayne Allen

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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,...

Inside GE Aerospace’s Flight Deck: How Larry Culp Leads with Lean...

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tl;dr: GE Aerospace is redefining its culture under CEO Larry Culp through a Lean operating system called "Flight Deck," built on safety, SQDC, and...
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