Tag: Meier

The Purpose of Kaizen Events

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I recently ran into David Meier, co-author of the outstanding books The Toyota Way Fieldbook and Toyota Talent. He was talking about kaizen events and...

Wegman’s Cuts Wasted Energy and Costs, not "Wasted" Time Serving Customers

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By Jason Turgeon:In the last couple of weeks, Mark's been hammering the midwestern grocery store chain Meijer for ruthlessly timing employees on checkout time...

LeanBlog Podcast #35 – Former Toyota Leader David Meier, on Toyota...

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Listen: LeanBlog Podcast #35 is another discussion with David Meier, co-author of the book Toyota Talent, written with Dr. Jeffrey Liker. In this podcast, we...

LeanBlog Review: Toyota Talent

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Toyota Talent is the third, and newest, book in the "Toyota Way" series: The Toyota Way, written by Dr. Jeffrey Liker The Toyota Way Fieldbook, by...

New Book, "Toyota Talent:" Out NOW

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Toyota TalentUpdate 5/6/07: The book is now shipping from AmazonI had the pleasure of reading a pre-publication version of this new book from...

"Toyota Talent" out April 29

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Amazon.com: Toyota Talent: Books: Jeffrey Liker,David MeierThis has been an exciting week for me. Monday, I met David Mann, author of Creating A...

David Meier on the State of Lean Manufacturing and Management in...

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LeanBlog Podcast #17 is a discussion with a good friend of the Lean Blog, David Meier, a former Toyota Georgetown Group Leader, founder of...

David Meier on Getting Up and Starting Again

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Message Board, direct link to David's Post (scroll down the page) - the board site is defunct. Here are some comments by David Meier that...

Problem Solving Example

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Are you working on the True Problem?Lean Blogger David Meier tipped me off to this interesting post about root cause problem solving, an example...

Lean Challenge Response: David Meier

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Here is a response to the Lean Challenge contest entry (click here to read the situation submitted by Rich, a blog reader). Click...

Scientific proof that change is difficult!

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By David Meier, Lean AssociatesMark,I wanted to share two recent articles that discuss new scientific evidence related to the change process. Many of your...

Welcome to the Blog, David Meier

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As you may know, if you're a regular Lean Blog reader, this isn't a solo venture. I'm happy to have other bloggers on...