Luke Van Dongen
Luke, an auto industry engineering veteran, blogged here from 2005 to 2006.
UK Lean Development Program
I came across this funding announcement for The North East Productivity Alliance (NEPA) to support its work with regional companies in North-eastern UK. The...
American Auto Makers – Not Lean Enough
I'm a bit late with this post, but I wanted to make sure to get this article link out nonetheless. Womack wrote a...
Accelerating the Pace of Learning
Just-Auto.com reported today that next year Toyota will open a Global Production Centre in the UK to train European workers. There is already a...
Lean Consumption & Transportation
Here's another example of the Lean Consumption model at work. The business model of car sharing is increasingly gaining momentum in North America. Including...
SOX costs $6.1 billion in 2005
What a huge opportunity to implement some lean thinking! According to a report issued November 29 by AMR Research, SOX compliance cost $6.1...
Where’s the Innovation in closing plants?
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Ford's North American restructuring plan will include closing 5 plants and eliminating 6% of it's workforce....
Teaching TPS in the US
Article LinkThis is a great Q&A with Seizo Okamoto - president of Toyota's truck plant in Princeton Indiana focusing on the challenges of teaching...
The Blue-Collar CEO
Newsweek: The Blue-Collar CEOThis article ushers in Tom LaSorda as Chrysler's new CEO. LaSorda is the first child of labor leaders to become CEO...
‘Roger & Me’ all over again
Similar Article, Free LinkA friend sent this link to me this afternoon almost immediately following a discussion we had about the current state and...
Can the value of a process be defined by its output?
Something happened this morning that caused me to start thinking about this and it's been hanging around with me all day. Outputs, in my...
Passport Processing
I recently renewed my Canadian passport. Expected completion and delivery of the passport was indicated to be 20 working days from the point the...
More on Peter Drucker
More on the contributions of Peter Drucker. This article contains some excellent comments and reflection. Certainly worth sharing.Please check out my main blog page...
