Tag: Toyota

NY Times on Standardization, Deming, and Lean Principles in Healthcare

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If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It - NYTimes.com About 10 people sent me this article via the...

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...

Toyota article from 1997 – the “Soul” of TPS that’s hard...

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How Toyota Defies Gravity In doing some research for an upcoming presentation, I found this FORTUNE article from 1997. I was looking for a reference...

Ten (Mostly) Common Misconceptions About Toyota & Lean

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Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota | Quality Digest I found this interesting column from Quality Digest, by Stewart Anderson, a guy who says he has...

Mike Hoseus Webinar on Toyota Culture

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Industry Week Webinar - To RegisterTechnical note: I've been having some problems where "leanblog.org" gives a "404 not found" error, but "www.leanblog.org" works just...

Lean Methods for Aerospace and Healthcare in Ontario

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Article - How Toyota builds carsHere's an article from Canada about how Toyota (an automaker) manages to be influential to Bombardier (maker of planes)...

The Only Lean Path is an Unclear Path?

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I've been fortunate and grateful that my book, Lean Hospitals, has received good reviews on Amazon: 5 Star Reviews = 11 4 Star Reviews...

Did the Reporter or GM Blow it on a Definition of...

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Calif. to get dose of auto anguish | Detroit Free Press | Freep.comHere's a recent story about the demise of NUMMI, in which, the...

LeanBlog Podcast #74 – Roy Vasher, Toyota Supply Chain Management

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Episode #74 is a discussion with Roy Vasher, President of RPV Consulting, LLC and is co-author the book Toyota's Supply Chain Management: A Strategic...

Confirmed: Toyota to Shut Down NUMMI Production

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It's been long rumored, but is now confirmed by Toyota that they are going to stop production at their ground breaking NUMMI plant in...

Report: Toyota to Shut NUMMI in March

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Toyota to end output at GM jv plant in March: report | ReutersThe WSJ reports that Toyota is going to decide by the end...

Lean is Not Sustainable, Except When It Is

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What top-performing EDs do - Hospitals & Health Networks I was really, Really, REALLY puzzled by the first line in this article, that read: "Lean, Six...
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