Tag: Chrysler

After the last episode with guest host Paul Critchley, I'm once again joined by Jamie Flinchbaugh for another "Lean Whiskey" podcast. In Episode 6 of...

Lee Iacocca, the former CEO of Chrysler, passed away on July 2. Ross Perot, founder and former CEO of EDS, also passed away a...

My blog will turn 10 years old in February 2015. You're probably either thinking, "Wow, that's awesome!" or "Get a life, dude." :-) Here's a...

This article appeared back in March... March of 2013... as in this year: "Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class." I mean,...

As I've worked with different hospitals and different leaders, I've sometimes wondered if there's been a study on the differences in results between hospitals...

The traditional model of business leadership has the CEO as the most important decision maker. Generally, the higher up you go, leaders make more...

A Look at Obama's Auto-Bailout Team - WSJ.comStop me if you've heard that joke before... so here is the assembled team that will oversee...

Bush Gives Emergency Loans to Automakers - NYTimes.comDetroit News ArticleI don't understand this at all. What is the operational definition of "viable"? What will/can...

Chrysler matches Toyota in efficiency - Detroit NewsI didn't mean for this to become "beat up on the Detroit Three" week... this comes in...

Turning Chrysler Into ToyotaIt's disappointing when a publication with the wide audience of BusinessWeek misrepresents the Lean and Toyota Production System concepts. But hey,...

Roger Penske adds the Smart car to his $17B empire - Oct. 5, 2007Good article here about businessman Roger Penske. I didn't realize...

Autoblog.com reportThis is surprising -- Toyota's top U.S. executive, Jim Press, who had been the first American named as a Toyota corporate director, is...