Yearly Archives: 2005

Critical Chain, TOC Email List

Email lists have been going out of style, but they can be a useful way to interact with a shared community (when moderated properly). The Theory of Constraints (TOC) email list (Yahoo group) CriticalChain, is useful for those interested in … Continue reading

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Deming on Management

Topic: Management Improvement I have added a new section to Curious Cat Management Improvement Connections titled: Deming on Management. W. Edwards Deming’s management ideas have greatly influenced modern management practice. Many quotes and thoughts are attributed to him. Sometimes these … Continue reading

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Lean Manufacturing at Castcon-Stone

Lean manufacturing transforms operations at Saxonburg company: Kerckhoff said redoing certain portions of products accounted for about 12 percent of the company’s volume of work last year. However, after implementing the new lean manufacturing initiative, the number is now down … Continue reading

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Toyota in India

The Toyota Way Goes Bottom-up [the broken link was removed] by Subir Roy, Business Standard (India). An interview with managing director of Toyota Kirloskar: Atsushi Toyoshima. Toyota’s official vision is a 15 per cent share of the global market by … Continue reading

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Lean Manufacturing at Delphi

Streamlined [the broken link was removed] by Derek Smith, Kokomo Tribune. Each morning for local manufacturing workers begins with a “huddle meeting” in which groups discuss a variety of operations issues. Guggina said Delphi has been recognized as an industry … Continue reading

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Managing with Control Charts

Ideas from the Tiger’s Head by Simon Caulkin, The Observer. This is a remarkably nuanced short article on control charts given that it is a newspaper article (which normally overly simplify such concepts to the point not much of value … Continue reading

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Measures of Success

Measures of Success [the broken link was removed] interview of Alex Knight by Michaela Rebbeck. The interview discusses a model of measurement based on Theory of Constraints ideas. The fundamental difference with my proposition is the shift in the mental … Continue reading

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Six Sigma Interview with Alan Harrison

Six Sigma Interview with Alan Harrison, Weir Pumps Ltd [the broken link was removed]: Everyone has been trained to some degree on what we have termed the Weir Production System, which includes but is not limited to TPS and Six … Continue reading

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Google Talk

Google is at it again. They have announce Google Talk [the broken link was removed]: Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send instant messages to your friends. Like Gmail, Google Talk uses Google’s innovative … Continue reading

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Japan Airlines using Toyota Production System Principles

Toyota Production System Steers JAL Group Cargo Operations at Narita [the broken link was removed], press release from Japan Airlines By applying the ingenuity and originality of the Toyota Production System to their cargo operations at Tokyo’s Narita Airport, Japan … Continue reading

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