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How American Leather Reinvented the Upholstery Business

Mark Graban - April 21, 2005 3

Virginia Postrel Article (NY Times article Feb 2005) Here is a great example of a company using lean to compete in the furniture industry, where most...

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Jack Benedict on Why Public Address Announcements Aren’t a Substitute for ManagementFebruary 4, 2026
While reading this blog post I got to understand the argument of how "top of the hour conditioning" announcements projected…
William Brew on Gemba Walks, Daily Improvement, and the Leadership Behaviors That Make Kaizen PossibleFebruary 3, 2026
A takeaway I have from this blog post is that for Kaizen and Gemba walks to work effectively, the leaders…
Zachary Capen on What Ford and the UAW Really Learned from Japan: Listening, Respect, and a Better SystemFebruary 2, 2026
This post really shows how often we blame the people in a system when the real issue is the system…
ramesh nair on What Ford and the UAW Saw in Japan in 1981 — and Why Some Leaders Missed the LessonJanuary 30, 2026
Thank you Mark for another insightful portrayal of the philosophy behind TPS & again driving home the points that more…
William Brew on Lean Is for Speed, Six Sigma Is for Quality? That’s a False Trade-Off.January 27, 2026
Referring to the meme "when someone says lean is for speed and six sigma is for quality," you can take…

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