Daily Archives: October 25, 2005

Why Fix the Escalator?

Posted on October 25, 2005 by John Hunter

Why Fix the Escalator? from the Lean manufacturing blog on a visit to the NUMMI plant: A very large permanent sign above the escalator said something like: “Sorry for inoperative escalator. It would cost $120k to repair. We feel money … Continue reading →

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Lean Development

Posted on October 25, 2005 by John Hunter

Lean Development, by Freddy Ball and Michael Ball. Great article. According to a National Center for Manufacturing Sciences report, Toyota product development projects can take half the time of US equivalents, with four times their productivity (150 product engineers utilised … Continue reading →

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Going Beyond (or away from) Lean Thinking?

Posted on October 25, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement Continuous Improvement – Lean Alone No Longer Cutting It [the broken link was removed] by Tonya Vinas [the broken link was removed], IndustryWeek: It’s a dicey time for manufacturers that have spent the past five to 10 … Continue reading →

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