Tag: NUMMI

Accountability in Leadership: My GM Flashback Story and the Blame Game

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I've written before about Bob. He was the Plant Superintendent (the #2 in command, if you will) at the GM Livonia Engine Plant, where...

Alternative History: GM Uses Lean to Remain #1 in the Auto...

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ChatGPT is still all the rage. It's one thing to treat the chatbot like Google. But I recently learned about some capabilities that are...

Why “On Deck Chairs” Can Improve a Covid Vaccination Clinic Flow...

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My previous post in this series: A Lean Guy Gets Vaccinated at Dodger Stadium On Saturday, March 6th, I had the opportunity to visit two...

A Look Back at Posts About Visiting Toyota Plants in Texas...

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Today, I'll be touring the Toyota truck plant in San Antonio again, the plant known as TMMTX. I'm there with our "Symposium on Learning Organizations" group, all 40 of us. In this post, I share some pre-tour goals and share some links to previous Toyota plant visits (in Texas and Japan).

Lessons from the NUMMI 10th Anniversary Book Published in 1994

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I did manage to buy a book that was published by NUMMI to celebrate their 10th anniversary. "10 Years of Quality & Teamwork" is the title. Here is the cover and I'll share a few things that caught my attention inside. It's interesting to think through this book in the context of : Tesla (the current owners of the building - see my past blog post) Healthcare organizations

Toyota vs Tesla: A Comparative Look at Mindsets in Manufacturing Efficiency...

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Tesla builds cars in what used to be the NUMMI factory, a joint venture between Toyota and GM (which meant it was run as a Toyota plant with "Lean" practices). Before that, it was a dysfunctional GM plant. Now that it's a Tesla plant, did they learn from Toyota or does it seem more like "the old GM?"

Live Blogging Day 1 of #HCSummit17 – #Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit

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I'm at the 8th annual Lean Healthcare Transformation Summit in Palm Springs, California. Follow on Twitter using the hashtag #HCSummit2017. If you're here at the event,...

Learning & Emulating Without Copying Blindly from Duke Hoops, Toyota, or...

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While I'm writing here about Northwestern men's basketball learning from Duke (without copying everything), the same ideas apply if you're Ford learning from Toyota or a hospital learning from ThedaCare.

Part 2: More From the Original 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook:...

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Here's Part 2 of a post about the original NUMMI Team Member Handbook from 1984 (see Part 1 here). This, and other documents that I'll...

Highlights from the Original 1984 NUMMI Team Member Handbook, Part 1

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I recently wrote about my exploration of the collected papers of the late Don Ephlin, a UAW senior leader and a professor of mine at...

Coming Soon: A Fresh Look at Some Old GM & NUMMI...

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When I was a graduate student at the MIT Leaders for Global Operations program, one of our visiting professors was Don Ephlin, a former...

Steve Bera, Reflections On Working at NUMMI And Lean, Part 2

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Today's episode #259 is Part 2 of a discussion I started with Steve Bera in episode #256. Steve was one of the original 16 "NUMMI...