Tag: Womack

BBC World Service - Business - 5/05/2009 - Car Crash The BBC aired a revisiting of a story from 2007, I found this thanks to...

Ford CEO Mulally shares Toyota's vision -- Article from USATODAY.com Why does the USA TODAY tend to do a better job with Lean articles than...

'Most Indian managers don't know what is possible'Jim Womack was recently in India, as this article in the Business Standard publication. It's kind of...

That sure is an unfortunate Time magazine cover with that headline and an illustration of a really emaciated piggy bank.

Jim Womack's E-letters - Respect for People Jim Womack's most recent e-letter is one of the best I've read in quite a while. I...

Roger Smith, Former G.M. Chief, Dies - New York TimesRoger Smith passed away at age 82. While he was demonized by Michael Moore...

IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Full Transcript)IndustryWeek : Thought Leaders -- Lean On Me (Print Version)Other blogs, including Gemba Panta Rei...

Recently, I saw Jim Womack give two talks at the Global Lean Healthcare Summit. One was a talk that could have applied, about...

Episode #24 of the LeanBlog Podcast is the 2nd part of my recent conversation with Jim Womack, of the Lean Enterprise Institute. In this...

Check out the comments below this earlier post to see an initial response from the Lean Enterprise Institute's Chet Marchwinski. He promises a...

Driving on the wrong side of the road -- the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturingA new book is out attacking Lean. ...

In the past, I've referenced a story I had heard about a GM plant in 1980's where the "completed" vehicles went to one of...