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Category Archives: Management Articles
Six Sigma Hospitality
The Six Sigma Syndrome [the broken link was removed] by Saurabh Jaggi Starwood has run over 3000 projects worldwide to date in areas such as productivity, menu re-design, resort concierge, email marketing and launching a worldwide sales initiative. Another of … Continue reading
Ford’s Wrong Turn
Mr. Ford’s Wrong Turn, Why U.S. Automakers Can’t Blame Japan by James P. Womack: What makes this claim so extraordinary is that Japanese companies, led by Toyota Motor Corp., are thrashing Ford by building vehicles in North American factories with … Continue reading
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Tagged lean manufacturing, Toyota, Womack
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Toyota Production System in Indiana
Photo by Daniel R. Patmore Via Evolving Excellence [the broken link was removed], Indiana plant president passes on lessons [newspaper also broke link so I removed it too]: Q. Is it different teaching the Toyota Production System to American team … Continue reading
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Toyota Manufacturing Powerhouse
Great required reading [the broken link was removed] via Evolving Excellence, Relentless [the broken link was removed], Detroit News: As Toyota expands rapidly, it is also grappling with a shortage of skilled managers and engineers. When it decided in June … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Manufacturing, Psychology, Respect, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged executive pay, management, Toyota
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Toyota Chairman Comments on India and Thailand
Toyota Chief Comments on India, Thai Cos. [the broken link was removed] The chairman of Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday that auto companies in India and Thailand may soon overtake those in Japan because of their increasing focus on quality. … Continue reading
Not the End of Process
The End of Process by Ross Mayfield If a knowledge worker has the organization’s information in a social context at their finger tips, and the organization is sufficiently connected to tap experts and form groups instantly to resolve exceptions — … Continue reading
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ToC Conference Recap
Thoughts on TOCICO [the broken link was removed] by David Anderson: “Subordination happens first!” In the 5 focusing steps, the third step is to subordinate the rest of the system to the decision made in step 2 to fully exploit … Continue reading
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Lean Forest Products
On The Move NRRI Forest Products promotes ‘lean’ manufacturing processes [the broken link was removed] by Chuck Watson: “Since U.S. furniture manufacturers typically had lead times greater than four to eight weeks, China could build and ship products to the … Continue reading
Carnival of Lean Leadership #3
Carnival of Lean Leadership #3 [the broken link was removed] from Evolving Excellence once again does a great job of collection links to posts worth reading, including: A big welcome to Norman Bodek, who has started his own blog, Kaikaku. … Continue reading
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Performance Transformation
Six steps to success – How to drive performance transformation by Gautam Kumra (India): Other companies encourage “lean” thinking, which began as an automotive-inspired and assembly-oriented methodology but which today is as established in many financial processes, service industries and … Continue reading
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