Tag: Just-In-Time
Toyota Brings TPS & The Toyota Way to India – The...
Here's a fascinating article: "How Toyota brought its famed manufacturing method to India."
The piece starts with a story about a classic Toyota management practice...
A Small Batch of Bread, Other Random Japan Pictures
I'm on my way home from Japan as this post gets published. I will probably take the week off from blogging for the Thanksgiving...
Not Exactly News – TSA Wastes Money
While the hurdles to systemic Lean healthcare transformation are high (see the payment system challenges discussed in John Toussaint's new book), I am generally...
Stuff I’m Reading, May 1, 2012
Here are links to some varied articles I've read recently that might be of interest on a number of Lean related topics:
NFL Draft -...
Lean in Hospitals: Which Tool or Which Need?
As people first learn about Lean, they often ask questions like "what tools or methods should we use first?" These tools include things like...
Newt Endorses Lean & Six Sigma for Government; Staff Quits on...
I met Newt Gingrich at the Ontario Hospital Association conference in late 2009, as I blogged about here: "Meeting Newt Gingrich, a Lean Champion."
Yesterday...
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...
Why GM Blamed JIT for Layoffs After the Japan Earthquake —...
TL;DR -- GM vs. Toyota After the Japan Earthquake
General Motors (GM)
Blamed Just-In-Time (JIT) for parts shortages
Temporarily laid off workers when production stopped
Treated downtime as...
Enough with the Factory Bashing, Please – Healthcare Professionals and WIRED...
Those of you who know my background know that I spent the first 10 years of my career working in various manufacturing sectors (including...
Starbucks Ad Influenced by Their Lean Education?
Here's some weekend fun leading into the holiday season... I received a marketing email today from Starbucks that included a phrase that would jump...
The Toyota Texas Plant Tour – Concepts From the Visitor Center
I'll start the week with another post about my tour of the TMMTX (Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas) plant in San Antonio. Today, I'll write...
Record of Annual WSJ Just-in-Time / Lean Blunders
The Wall Street Journal, sadly, has a long track record of not understanding Lean, as I've written about many times on my blog. There's...
