Monthly Archives: October 2005

The Dramatic Spread of Lean Thinking

Posted on October 3, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement and Economics The Dramatic Spread of Lean Thinking [the broken link was removed] by Jim Womack: Currently we are experiencing an explosion of interest in applying lean thinking to practically every process in every corner of the … Continue reading →

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Solectron Drives Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing to its Suppliers

Posted on October 3, 2005 by John Hunter

Solectron Drives Lean Six Sigma Manufacturing to its Suppliers “Lean has fundamentally changed the manufacturing landscape, led by Toyota,” said Jim Womack. “The future of the EMS industry is found in Kaizen, and Solectron is leading the way. But to … Continue reading →

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Statistical Techniques for Quality

Posted on October 2, 2005 by John Hunter

A new book, Quality Engineering Applications of Statistical Design, by T. N. Goh, was recently published by Wiley. Links to three previous articles by the author are provided below. Improving on the Six Sigma Paradigm [the broken link was removed] … Continue reading →

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Air Products Strips Out Inefficiencies

Posted on October 2, 2005 by John Hunter

Air Products Strips Out Inefficiencies by Rick Whiting, Information Week: Air Products standardized on continuous-improvement methodologies based on Six Sigma and lean manufacturing five years ago to boost its operating return on net assets, a metric to measure shareholder return … Continue reading →

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Supplier Partnering

Posted on October 2, 2005 by John Hunter

Supplier Partnering: It’s better, it’s longer and it’s not what you think, Rey Elbo (Philippines): This is to teach suppliers who could only continue supplying based on their long-term commitment and involvement to the implementation of basic 5S good housekeeping … Continue reading →

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Innovation and Creative Commons

Posted on October 2, 2005 by John Hunter

Creative Commons is a license that lets the creators of intellectual property clearly define how that property may be used by others. Partially this license is a reaction to the poor way copyright law is being viewed today (see links … Continue reading →

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Ford and Managing the Supplier Relationship

Posted on October 1, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement There have a been a number of articles (Ford to slash vendors of key parts [the broken link was removed] – Ford Rethinks Supply Strategy and posts (A “Kinder and Gentler” Lean Supply Base? – Ford Adopts … Continue reading →

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Performance Without Appraisal

Posted on October 1, 2005 by John Hunter

In response to the Alternatives to Stack Ranking? post on the popular Mini-Microsoft blog. I’m also taking some time to contemplate on Deming’s points and assess how Microsoft is doing against them. … What I would deeply appreciate is real-world … Continue reading →

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