Tag: WSJ

Lean Cultures in the Top Small Workplaces

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Top Small Workplaces 2008 - WSJ.comToday's WSJ was well worth the $2.00. Yes, I subscribe to the online Journal, but there's something nice about...

Internal Competition Hurts Teamwork? Duh!

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Retailers Reprogram Workers In Efficiency Push - WSJ.comThis is more of a Deming philosophy article than a "Lean article" since the retailer in question...

Exactly Right, the Detroit Three Aren’t Hampered by Idiots

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Business World - WSJ.com -- How to Save Detroit And $50 Billion: The Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. column "Business World" in the WSJ is normally...

A Lean Slaughterhouse?

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Have Knife, Will Travel: A Slaughterhouse on Wheels (WSJ-Free)So I realize this article and post might be controversial. My point isn't to start a...

Dell Gives Up on Manufacturing?

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Dell Is Considering Selling Its Factories - Yahoo! NewsDell Plans to Sell Factories In Effort to Cut Costs - WSJ.comAs a former Dell employee...

Manufacturing Isn’t Dead in Wisconsin (or the U.S.)

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Export Boom Fuels Factory Town's Revival - WSJ.com:It's more a story of exchange rates (weak dollar) than Lean, but manufacturing isn't dead yet, especially...

Lean Can Help Fight High Transport Costs

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Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again - WSJ.comLean thinkers have long advocated the benefits of having a shorter supply chain...

Want a Buy a Cheap Joe Biden ’08 Hat?

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As Candidates Quit, Trinkets Pile Up (Free CareerJournal.com article) Here's an amusing article from the WSJ... sort of old news now, but also a story...

The Solution is Automation?

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The Challenge From China - WSJ.com:The above linked article is pretty wide-ranging, written by a political guy, mostly about the growing military threat from...

The Shift from Factories to Hospitals

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Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In - WSJIt's inevitable -- as manufacturing jobs decline and our population ages, more people will shift from manufacturing jobs...

The Dispersion of Toyota Talent

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One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers -- Gary...

Turn the Tables on Haier Management?

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Chinese Refrigerator Maker Finds U.S. Chilly - WSJ.com:Here's another case of where your bosses should NOT take manufacturing management practices from the WSJ. In...