Mark Graban
Counterintuitive Findings on Traffic Jams and Flow
Click Here for Free LinkThe main point of the article is that, on freeways, attempts by individual drivers to go faster (changing lanes, etc.)...
American moves up at Toyota
Detroit Free PressThis is significant, in addition to an American, Gary Convis, running the Georgetown plant in Kentucky."It's not coincidental when Toyota is finally...
Lear seeks cuts, cheap labor
Detroit Free Press:"Southfield-based Lear Corp., which employs 9,400 workers in Michigan and about 100,000 more worldwide, fired its second warning flare this year on...
Toyota plant nearly done
Toyota plant nearly doneShort update on the truck plant in San Antonio.Please check out my main blog page at www.leanblog.org
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Summary of Henry Ford’s Lean Vision
Henry Ford's Lean Vision
Here is a summary and information about a book that outlines how Henry Ford provided much of the inspiration and knowledge...
Rural China workers "vote by foot"
Xinhua - English
As reported before, labor shortages in China, believe it or not. Or, at the least there are upward pressures on wages...
Lessons from the days of TQM
alan's blog:
The author says:
"Anytime you see a new corporate program being rolled out with posters and coffee mugs and exhortations from the CEO...
Unions ask govt to help firms face up to China
Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk:
"Manufacturers need more government money for training, research and innovation rather than lower labour costs to face up to...
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says
CBC News: 2nd Toyota plant for Canada, president says
Click above for the story. I'm glad Toyota and other foreign automakers are growing to...
Novel approach to learning: Teaching business with fiction
BostonHerald.com - Business Coverage:
An article about the new business novel about Lean.
"But don't expect to see ``The Gold Mine'' on the bestseller list....
Toyota is More Selective than Harvard?
63,000 People In San Antonio Seek To Fill 2,000 Jobs At Toyota's New Factory: A few interesting quotes in this article, which begins with:"It...
A Lean Paint Can?
Thinking by Peter Davidson: Dutch Boy Knows What They Are Marketing
This seems like a very smart lean paint can. Think of painting a...