Tag: Toyota
Matthew May’s Encounter with Tiger & Goals of Perfection
In Pursuit of Elegance | My Own Tiger's Tale
What does Tiger Woods have to do with Lean Thinking and hospitals? Read on...
Our good friend,...
Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion
I had a great opportunity a few weeks back, seeing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich give a talk at the Ontario Hospital...
Will Changing the CEO Help GM?
I don't mean to kick Fritz Henderson while he's down, after he resigned as CEO of Government Motors this week.
He resigned on Tuesday and...
Lean as a Way to Save Manufacturing Featured on CNN
Hat tip to blog reader Steven H. for sending this video my way.
It's always nice to see Lean featured in the mainstream media, including...
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 praises to Henry Ford. He...
NY Times on Standardization, Deming, and Lean Principles in Healthcare
If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It - NYTimes.com
About 10 people sent me this article via the...
The Purpose of Kaizen Events
I recently ran into David Meier, co-author of the outstanding books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and Toyota Talent.
He was talking about kaizen events and...
Toyota article from 1997 – the “Soul” of TPS that’s hard...
How Toyota Defies Gravity
In doing some research for an upcoming presentation, I found this FORTUNE article from 1997. I was looking for a reference...
Ten (Mostly) Common Misconceptions About Toyota & Lean
Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota | Quality Digest
I found this interesting column from Quality Digest, by Stewart Anderson, a guy who says he has...
Mike Hoseus Webinar on Toyota Culture
Industry Week Webinar - To RegisterTechnical note: I've been having some problems where "leanblog.org" gives a "404 not found" error, but "www.leanblog.org" works just...
Lean Methods for Aerospace and Healthcare in Ontario
Article - How Toyota builds carsHere's an article from Canada about how Toyota (an automaker) manages to be influential to Bombardier (maker of planes)...
The Only Lean Path is an Unclear Path?
I've been fortunate and grateful that my book, Lean Hospitals, has received good reviews on Amazon:
5 Star Reviews = 11
4 Star Reviews...
