Tag: Toyota

Lean and Deming’s Anti-Slogan Views

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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??"

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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?"

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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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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...

The Dispersion of Toyota Talent

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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

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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,...

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