Tag: Respect for People

Two article links, sent to me by a few readers: Court: Toyota Employee Was Worked to Death Widow of Toyota worker questions labor practices At a first...

I saw this in a workplace, posted by a union. But, you know, as a Lean practitioner, I couldn't agree with this cartoon...

NWA puts an emphasis on serviceI saw this article in the Detroit paper when connecting on a Northwest Airlines flight today. My flight...

A poignant story showed up in the Washington Post during the recent GM strike that hits at the heart of the principle of respect...

'I don't want this to happen to anyone else' This will happen again, unless the process is fixed. Lean can help. Please read on... I heard...

by Dan MarkovitzThe latest issue of Strategy+Business, Booz Allen Hamilton's business journal, features an article on cost cutting. Ordinarily, simple cost cutting flies...

Star-Telegram.com 09/03/2007 A closer look at four survey participants:There was a feature in the local paper a few weeks back about what...

Monday is Labor Day, a holiday in the United States. Since one of the main pillars of the Toyota Production System is "respect...

Road Commission under fire - mlive.com:One of the two pillars of the Toyota Production System is "respect for people." It's a shame that...

Lean Insider - Toyota Shifting Production to Lower Labor Costs? It Could HappenThe Lean Insider blog poses an interesting question.... is it keeping...

Irony is Beautiful - TrumpetMasterWhy these stories are on a trumpet player message board is beyond me (thank you Google Alerts for finding the...

By Norman Bodek, PCS Press Note: This originally appeared recently on the NWLean email list. This is re-printed with Norman's permission. Consider it a preview...