Tag: Toyota

Healthcare - Creating Value for Patients It's been more than 10 years since Atul Gawande wrote The Checklist Manifesto, showing the world that a simple...

Monday was the first day of my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again visit a Toyota...

My guest today is Tim Turner, who joined us previously in 2010 for episode #90. Tim was the lead author for a book called One...

When I was in Brazil recently (read more), one of the presenters at the Lean Six Sigma Conference was Bruno Kosima, pictured at left....

Last month, I had an opportunity to visit the Toyota North American Headquarters that's now near me in Plano, Texas. Thanks to the MIT...

Last week was our fifth annual KaiNexus User Conference (or "KaiNexicon" as we now call it). One of our keynote speakers was Jess Orr, a...

This ad caught my attention while watching a little bit of Monday Night Football this week. It's an IBM ad titled "Smart Loves Problems." The ad's...

My guest for Episode #345 is Edward Niedermeyer, author of the newly released book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. It's available now through Amazon and other...

Jamie Flinchbaugh and I had a great time with the first two episodes of "Lean Whiskey." Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, rated, and...

I was invited to be a guest on a Detroit radio talk show that's hosted by Dr. Paul Reeves, a show called "Dr. Paul's...

tl;dr: In this post, Mark shares insights from a video featuring Nampachi Hayashi, a senior advisor at Toyota, discussing common misunderstandings about the Toyota...

Here is my latest article for "The Lean Post" and the Lean Enterprise Institute: But TPS Doesn't Apply to Us...." We hear that a lot. "But patient...