Tag: Toyota

Happy June, everybody! Summer is here. We've actually had a delightfully long spring here in San Antonio, which means the temperature hasn't really been...

=Following up on posts from Monday and Wednesday, we see this headline today: "Shinseki resigns after VA scandal." As I wrote about on LinkedIn, instead...

"Where the World's Unsold Cars Go To Die." The photos are dramatic. Note: The Jalopnik automotive blog debunks (warning, "BS" word appears) the article and photos,...

I was really happy to see this article about Kaizen and employee engagement at UMass Memorial Medical Center:  What's good for Toyota is good...

I sometimes torture myself by watching webinars given about "Lean Sigma." I hear a lot of claptrap about Lean... things that are just demonstrably...

This week starts the celebration of International Nurses Week, which leads up to Nurses Day on May 12, which is the birthday of the...

I didn't know , until yesterday, that Toyota has an official company blog (at least for Toyota UK). Even though I've learned from Toyota people...

A big theme in Lean management is the idea of "leading with humility." The first chapter of an excellent book written by Toyota employees and...

Out there in the Lean and quality improvement communities, you sometimes hear some silly things. Sometimes, I want to attach the "Lean As...

I'm in my home town of Livonia, Michigan this week, having arrived to the snow and cold yesterday, staying through Thursday. Boy, my blood...

I had a chance to go back to the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas (TMMTX) plant in south San Antonio last week with a group...

Since the "Lean" in the "Lean Startup" methodology basically comes from Toyota, it was fascinating to see two engineers from Toyota, Matt Kresse and...