Category Archives: Management Articles

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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The Best Factory in the World

Posted on October 17, 2005 by John Hunter

The Best Factory in the World (site broke link so I removed it) by Norman Bodek (from his book, Kaikaku): This is a story about a time when Bodek asked Shigeo Shingo to take him to the “very best factory … Continue reading →

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Box on Quality

Posted on October 11, 2005 by John Hunter

Dr. George Box is not as well known in the general management community as his ideas merit (in my biased opinion – photo of Bill Hunter and George Box). He is well know in the statistics field as one of … Continue reading →

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Everybody Wants It, Toyota’s Got It

Posted on September 21, 2005 by John Hunter

Everybody Wants It, Toyota’s Got It [oops, pointy haired boss broke link, so I removed it] by Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail (Canada): Despite riding atop the North American auto sector for the past decade, the company’s manufacturing methods are … Continue reading →

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Visually Lean

Posted on September 2, 2005 by John Hunter

Lean From The Get-Go by Derek Korn. This short article does a nice job of illustrating several interesting lean concepts in practice. Work areas that are compact, but not cramped, not only promote efficient motion, but also improve scheduling accuracy … Continue reading →

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Appeal for Marketers to Apply Deming’s Ideas

Posted on September 1, 2005 by John Hunter

Ego Systems by Doug Hall, CMO (Chief Marketing Officers magazine) [who have now broken the link, so I removed it. Really smart marketing, guys]: Deming’s methods can transform innovation success for CMOs just as they did for Toyota. For some … Continue reading →

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Lean Manufacturing at Castcon-Stone

Posted on August 29, 2005 by John Hunter

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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Lean Manufacturing at Delphi

Posted on August 27, 2005 by John Hunter

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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Measures of Success

Posted on August 25, 2005 by John Hunter

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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Japan Airlines using Toyota Production System Principles

Posted on August 23, 2005 by John Hunter

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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