Here is installment #4 of the Jim Womack Q&A, where we discuss the car buying process, the teaching (or lack thereof) of lean principles in our universities, supplier relationships, and some of the blog reader Q&A. Part 1 Part 2…
For those who are interested, Jim Womack will be hosting a free 60 minute Webinar on November 15 at 2pm Eastern Standard Time. Here’s the link to register: Lean Enterprise Institute Webinar The webinar promises a slide show describing the…
Here is installment #3 in my exclusive Q&A with Jim Womack, co-author of Lean Solutions along with Daniel Jones. Here, Jim discusses more Lean Consumption and Lean Solutions concepts, discussing executive leadership types, the role of process thinkers, Dell Computer,…
Thanks again to Jim Womack for his participation. In the next few installments, we’ll move into questions about America’s manufacturing competitiveness, Dell Computer, and opportunities for entrepreneurs through Lean Thinking. Be sure to check back again for future installments. Part…
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 New Q&A February 2006 Be sure to see all five parts of the Q&A, links are above and at the end of Part #1. Thanks to James P. Womack, co-author…
IndustryWeek : Womack Advocates Lean Consumption: Jim Womack continues the speaking tour to promote the new book: “‘Lean consumption involves solving customers’ problems completely, not wasting their time, providing exactly what the customer wants, in a location they prefer and…
IndustryWeek : Breakthrough Performance Improvement: Lessons from the Top-Performing Manufacturers in America Industry Week is doing a web conference October 19, featuring Jim Womack. They are giving away an autographed copy of Womack’s new book “Lean Solutions” (coming out soon,…
Superfactory – best practices enabling lean manufacturing excellence Womack references the original Ford factories. I’ve toured the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn and seen plant layout diagrams of the original River Rouge complex — I remember it being a very…
Here is a link to an earlier post on the conference and another link about “Lean Consumption” (including a link to a recent HBR article). Click “Comments” to see some of my notes from what Womack said along on the…
IndustryWeek – Leadership in Manufacturing Click on the link above to sign up for an Industry Week web conference on Wednesday May 4, 2 pm EDT. From the Industry Week description: Despite the recent successes of lean manufacturing, there are…
Boston.com / Business / Technology Dr. James Womack and Dr. Daniel Jones have a new book coming out this fall. A preview of that book is presented in the current Harvard Business Review and is summarized in this article. The…
