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Insights from Jim Womack

Posted on November 21, 2007 by John Hunter

Jim Womack provides great insights in a recent interview, Thought Leaders — Lean On Me: All the Japanese car companies did the quality thing based on the Deming Prize criteria and so forth back in the 1960s and 70s. What … Continue reading →

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Womack: Toyota Now and the Risks They Face

Posted on April 27, 2007 by John Hunter

Why Toyota Won and How Toyota Can Lose by James Womack Toyota’s great risk, the way it can lose, is that its new managers and the managers in its new suppliers will revert to the old, mass-production mentality of the … Continue reading →

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Womack on Lean in China

Posted on December 5, 2006 by John Hunter

From the Lean blog another valuable podcast: Lean in China with Jim Womack. He is not impressed with the state of lean in China yet. Lean Enterprise China [the broken link was removed] has been established to aid the adoption … Continue reading →

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Womack Podcast on GM

Posted on April 5, 2006 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement, Toyota Production System Womack Audio on Bloomberg.com [the broken link was removed] (14 minutes) via the Lean Blog, where they quote from the audio: “What do they worry about? They worry about the fact the system is … Continue reading →

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Conclusion of Jim Womack Interview

Posted on November 14, 2005 by John Hunter

Interview with Jim Womack part 5 of 5 has been posted by the Lean manufacturing blog. Each part provide valuable insights, from part 4: Toyota has recently said that it will now make a major effort to apply process thinking … Continue reading →

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Womack and Jones Webinar

Posted on November 9, 2005 by John Hunter

The Lean Enterprise Institute is offering a free 1 hour webinar with James Womack and Dan Jones on November 15th at 2 PM (US Eastern Time). Jim will deconstruct this broken consumer-provider-manufacturer model and show how to repair it using … Continue reading →

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Interview with Jim Womack

Posted on November 4, 2005 by John Hunter

Q&A With Jim Womack by Mark Graban: The whole idea of lean solutions is to start with today’s customer in today’s circumstances and ask what the customer really wants. When we do this, the first thing to note is that … Continue reading →

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Most Popular Links on Management Sub-Reddit in 2016

Posted on December 27, 2016 by John Hunter

I created the management sub-reddit many years ago. The management sub-reddit provides links to worthwhile management improvement content and the members indicate those links they liked. Here is a list of the most popular links added in the last year. … Continue reading →

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Most Popular Links on Management Sub-Reddit in 2015

Posted on December 15, 2015 by John Hunter

I created the management sub-reddit many years ago. The management sub-reddit provides links to worthwhile management content and the members indicate those links they liked. Here is a list of the most popular links added in the last year. People … Continue reading →

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The Future of Quality is to Actually Do What People Talked About Decades Ago

Posted on June 3, 2015 by John Hunter

In the current ASQ Influential Voices post, Laurel Nelson-Rowe, ASQ managing director, asks: What’s the Future of Quality? The report they link to is hidden behind a register-wall. Hopefully in the future ASQ will have better User Experience (Ux) practices … Continue reading →

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