Mike Lopez
Hyundai’s Definition of Quality
Business Week Articleby Mike LopezBusiness Week ran an article about some of Hyundai's recent problems. One of them seems to be a misguided quality...
Leaner Carmakers = Higher Rental Car Prices
by Mike LopezA perfect example of a locally optimized system. According to an article in Businesweek, car rental firms have benefited from a "subsidy"...
Calling Out to All Lean Scientists
by Mike LopezAre you a scientist practicing Lean in your research? Are you trying to apply Lean to your research? We need to talk....
Lean Outsourcing
By Mike LopezA Bay Area-based global outsourcing expert, Mark Zetter, and HP's former worldwide manufacturing education manager, Eric Olsen, Ph.D., have written a...
Lean and Six Sigma Behaviors
By Mike Lopez:Before Lean, many of the activities that are presently structured as Lean projects used to take place anyway. They flew under corporate...
Lean in Science
by Mike LopezLean in Science. Cookie cutters are really good at cutting cookies, but you can't bake a cake with them. This is my...
The Lean Web: Simplifying Freedom of Expression
To me, Lean is all about simplicity and one of the most powerful applications of Lean has been in the radical empowerment of individuals...