Lean Whiskey #38: Toasting the U.S. Micro Whiskey of the Year (Glenns Creek OCD…
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What do you do when you are chosen as Jim Murray's US Micro Whiskey of the Year? You pop in…
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Lean Whiskey #37: Starbucks’ Gemba, Toyota’s Tour, Product Innovation…
"I'll have a half-caff no-whip soy-milk chestnut praline latte... to-go."
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Podcast #309 – David Meier, Bourbon and Continuous Improvement
Back on the podcast for the sixth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
Podcast #304 – David Meier, Lessons and Wisdom from Toyota
Back on the podcast for the fifth time is my friend David Meier, a Lean / TPS consultant who is a former Toyota…
What Do the “The Toyota Way” Books Say About Visual Metrics?
As I've been writing about "process behavior charts" - a simple, yet effective method for charting and reacting to…
LeanBlog Podcast #85 – David Meier on Toyota’s Challenges
Episode #85 is a conversation with David Meier, a former Toyota Georgetown Group Leader and the co-author of the…
My Thoughts on Standardized Work and #Lean
I've written about many of these ideas and themes before in various blog posts, but I wanted to consolidate my…
10 Things I Wish Lean Practitioners Wouldn’t Say in 2010
In the blog tradition of "Top 10" lists (and "do not say" lists, like this one from Time or this workplace…
Guest Post: Is TPS the “Best” System?
In this LinkedIn Group discussion, a member posted this question:
"In the book TPS Taiichi Ohno gives in chapter 5…
The Purpose of Kaizen Events
I recently ran into David Meier, co-author of the outstanding books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and Toyota Talent.…
Wegman’s Cuts Wasted Energy and Costs, not "Wasted" Time Serving…
By Jason Turgeon:In the last couple of weeks, Mark's been hammering the midwestern grocery store chain Meijer for…
LeanBlog Podcast #35 – David Meier, on Toyota Talent (Again)
LeanBlog Podcast #35 is another discussion with David Meier, co-author of the book Toyota Talent, written with…
LeanBlog Review: Toyota Talent
Toyota Talent is the third, and newest, book in the "Toyota Way" series:
The Toyota Way, written by Dr.…
New Book, "Toyota Talent:" Out NOW
Toyota TalentUpdate 5/6/07: The book is now shipping from AmazonI had the pleasure of reading a pre-publication…
"Toyota Talent" out April 29
Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met…
LeanBlog Podcast #17 – David Meier, “Lean in China”
LeanBlog Podcast #17 is a discussion with a good friend of the Lean Blog, David Meier, a former Toyota…
David Meier on Getting Up and Starting Again
Message Board, direct link to David's Post (scroll down the page) - the board site is defunct.
Here are some…
Problem Solving Example
Are you working on the True Problem?Lean Blogger David Meier tipped me off to this interesting post about root…