Tag: Toyota

My First Visit to the Toyota Truck Plant in San Antonio...

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This blog post is about my first visit to TMMTX in 2010.

Looking Ahead to a Toyota Tour by Looking Back

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I'm excited that I have a chance, on Wednesday, to tour the Toyota plant in San Antonio, TX. I'm going with a "Lean Austin"...

Who Coined the Term “Lean”? And Where is He Today?

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People often ask "So where did the term 'lean' come from?" It didn't come from Toyota. And the term isn't an acronym (so no...

Interview with Bob Sutton, PhD on His Book ‘Good Boss, Bad...

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Episode #97 is a discussion with Bob Sutton, a Stanford University Professor of Management Science and Engineering and the best-selling author of The No...

Two Extreme Sides to Every Story in Politics *and* Lean??

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This is going to seem like a political rant, but I promise this is mainly a post about Lean and healthcare, or at least...

Guest Post: The Role of Middle Management in Toyota or a...

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Mark's note: Today is the first of a series of guest posts that will appear over the next two weeks from a variety of...

Lean Blog Podcast #91 – Interview with Dr. Stephen Covey on...

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Listen: Episode #91 is a very special one-on-one conversation that I had with Dr. Stephen Covey, recorded at the Shingo Prize Conference in Salt Lake...

Big News: Toyota and Tesla to Build Cars at NUMMI

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Surprising news today from California... from the WSJ. Toyota and Tesla are partnering up! Tesla Motors Inc. said it is partnering with Toyota Motors Inc....

Lean Blog Podcast #90 – Tim Turner on Toyota Kentucky (TMMK)...

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Podcast #90 features Tim Turner, a team leader at Toyota's factory in Georgetown Kentucky (aka TMMK or Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky). He is the...

How I Broke My Blog and Fixed It… Lessons Learned

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For those of you who have had difficulty accessing LeanBlog.org for the past two weeks or so, I apologize. It's been frustrating to me...

Retaining Employees through Respect and Development

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I was recently in Toronto and I heard a story on an AM news station that really caught my ear. I have searched on...

April Fool: A New Way to Learn Lean? Wii Lean!

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Note: I edited the post title on April 3 to make it clear this was an April Fool's Joke. Comments posted by readers on...
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