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Monthly Archives: October 2005
OpenOffice 2.0
Topic: Software – Open Source – Freeware OpenOffice 2.0, the excellent freeware office suite is now available. It is great free software that imports Microsoft formatted documents and creates the same amazingly well. Open Office runs on Apple, Linux, Microsoft … Continue reading
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Go Lean to Remain Competitive
Go Lean to Remain Competitive [the broken link was removed]: Captains of industry should adopt Lean Production Systems, an idea {conceived} by Toyota for its car-making, to transform their plants to efficient ones, for survival in the globalisation era Sundaram … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, India, Lean thinking, Management
Tagged Asia, Deming, lean manufacturing, Management, Manufacturing
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Why Fix the Escalator?
Why Fix the Escalator? from the Lean manufacturing blog on a visit to the NUMMI plant: A very large permanent sign above the escalator said something like: “Sorry for inoperative escalator. It would cost $120k to repair. We feel money … Continue reading
Lean Development
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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Tagged Lean thinking, management
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Going Beyond (or away from) Lean Thinking?
Topic: Management Improvement Continuous Improvement – Lean Alone No Longer Cutting It [the broken link was removed] by Tonya Vinas [the broken link was removed], IndustryWeek: It’s a dicey time for manufacturers that have spent the past five to 10 … Continue reading
Deming’s Ideas at Markey’s Audio Visual
Last week at the Deming Institute seminar: How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business, Mark Miller, General Manager, Markey’s Audio Visual spoke on Markey’s experience adopting Deming’s ideas. It was a great presentation. He did a … Continue reading
Posted in Customer focus, Deming, Management
Tagged business, commissions, Customer focus, Deming, Management, management system, Performance Appraisal
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Types of Pull Systems
Pull Systems Must Fit Your Production Needs [the broken link was removed]: Mixed Supermarket and Sequential Pull System The supermarket and sequential pull systems may be used together in a mixed system, also known as a C-type pull system. A … Continue reading
Statistical and Scientifc Thinking Blog
Another good new blog on Statistical and Scientific Thinking [the broken link was removed] that is discusses the application of Deming’s ideas, by John Dowd. Short quotes from two posts: The predictions made on the job are usually a lot … Continue reading
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Improvement at UTC
Mike Beck gave an excellent presentation at the Deming Institute conference about the United Technology Corporation management improvement system. I plan on posting more about the session. But for now, here is article that has some details on what UTC … Continue reading
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2005 Deming Prize
2005 the Deming Prize Winners Announced: The Deming Application Prize (alphabetical order) Hosei Brake Industry Co., Limited(Japan) – web site Krishna Maruti Limited, Seat Division(India) Rane Engine Valves Limited(India) – web site Rane TRW Steering Systems Limited, Steering Gear Division(India) … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, India, Management, Manufacturing
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