Tag: NUMMI Tour

You Get What You Inspect: A NUMMI Lesson in Lean Leadership

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Here is the sixth, and probably final, installment of my tales from the NUMMI tour. You can revisit them by starting with Tale #1 and...

Why Toyota Knows Perfection Is Impossible: A NUMMI Lesson

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NUMMI Tour Tale #4: The Pull Gift Shop While the NUMMI plant would score very highly on almost any measure of visual management, you could...

How Toyota Used a Pull System in a NUMMI Gift Shop

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds WrapNUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why Back to...

Why Toyota Explains “Why”: A NUMMI Lesson in Respect for People

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator?NUMMI Tour Tale #2: The Power of Reynolds Wrap I think, by now, that Toyota is pretty famous...

How a Simple Kaizen Idea at NUMMI Saved Hours of Work

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NUMMI Tour Tale #1: Why Fix the Escalator? The NUMMI tour guide told an interesting kaizen story as we went past the body weld area....

Why Toyota Didn’t Fix an Escalator: A NUMMI Lesson in Lean...

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I really enjoyed my tour of the NUMMI plant last Friday. I'll post my summary thoughts and impressions from the tour, but I wanted...
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