Tag: Toyota

The Open Secret of Success: Financial Page: The New Yorker I'm not normally a reader of The New Yorker, but I thank Norman Bodek for...

Fixing East-West clash challengingProf. Jeffrey Liker keynoted a Lean event in Oklahoma and is quoted as saying:Maybe the cowboy and the samurai best illustrate...

Medical Leave -- Offshore Medicine -- Fast CompanyInteresting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and...

reportonbusiness.com: Asking 'why' again and again is harder than you think, but it works It's kind of neat to see a column about the "5...

Listen: Here is LeanBlog Podcast #41 with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker is most...

One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers -- Gary...

IndustryWeek Article about the Book | Subscribe to IndustryWeekAmazon Link: Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of InnovationWhen I first read this headline,...

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #39, once again featuring Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker...

I heard an interesting quote a while back (and I can't remember the source!). The speaker said something to the effect of:"The more we...

Time for a low-carb Lean Six Sigma?:Stuff like this irritates me to no end:"Lean Manufacturing has us analyzing process flow and delay times at...

Here is LeanBlog Podcast #37, once again featuring Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker...

New York Times Article Here's a recent article on Toyota's globalization -- how to grow and spread The Toyota Way quickly, yet effectively as they...