Tag: Toyota
Lean and Deming’s Anti-Slogan Views
Earlier leanblog.org post and commentLast week, I posted about Deming's 14 points and I got an interesting question from a blog reader, Brian:I found...
Chrysler matches Toyota in a Single Skew-able Metric – Who Cares?
Chrysler matches Toyota in efficiency - Detroit NewsI didn't mean for this to become "beat up on the Detroit Three" week... this comes in...
These Quotes from “Toyota Culture” on Servant Leadership are Powerful
I've been making my way through the book Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way at a regrettably slow pace.
There's such...
Toyota to Pay for Kaizen OT in Japan
asahi.com article - ENGLISHInteresting article from Japan...Toyota's 40,000 factory workers in Japan are all engaged in kaizen, or continuous improvement, as a core part...
Great Lean/TPS Overview in an Unlikely Place
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...
Are We Cowboys or Not?
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...
"Just In Time Patients??"
Medical Leave -- Offshore Medicine -- Fast CompanyInteresting read here in the latest issue of Fast Company about a hospital in Thailand and...
The Power of Asking "Why?"
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...
LeanBlog Podcast #41 – Jeff Liker on His Book Toyota Culture,...
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Here is LeanBlog Podcast #41 with Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker is most...
The Dispersion of Toyota Talent
One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers -- Gary...
Inventor-itis, Not Inventory-itis
IndustryWeek Article about the Book | Subscribe to IndustryWeekAmazon Link: Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of InnovationWhen I first read this headline,...
LeanBlog Podcast #39 – Jeff Liker on His Book Toyota Culture,...
Here is LeanBlog Podcast #39, once again featuring Dr. Jeffrey Liker, Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. Dr. Liker...