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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Made in the USA
Is ‘Made in U.S.A.’ back in vogue? As the need for speed in fashion retailing becomes ever more crucial to merchants, industry observers say “Made in U.S.A” is once again looking more attractive to some U.S. retailers versus importing from … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing, Systems thinking
Tagged lean manufacturing
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Theory in Practice
Theory Meets Reality In The Heartland by Bill Waddell: An old boss of mine was fond of saying, “There are few things in life more tragic than to see your beautiful theories murdered by a gang of brutal facts,” usually … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Management Articles
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Lean Manufacturing Success
K&S makes first shipment to China [the broken link was removed] by Buzz Ball The award was given for K&S Wire’s continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence and its implementation of “lean” enterprise principles into its everyday operations. It is because … Continue reading
Posted in China, Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing
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Lean Retailing
Teaching the Big Box New Tricks Tesco in Britain has been a pioneer in lean provision for more than a decade. In the mid-1990s, as he looked at the opportunities for retailers provided by the emergence of lean logistics, Graham … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Process improvement
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Manufacturing’s Influential Thinkers
Manufacturing’s Influential Thinkers and Doers [the broken link was removed] by John S. McClenahen This article includes many of those I feel have contributed to the improvement of management over the last 35 years including: W. Edwards Deming, Taiichi Ohno, … Continue reading
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Deming’s 14 Obligations of Management
Deming and his 14 Points [the broken link was removed] with comments from the Random Thoughts from a CTO blog. Curious Cat’s Deming on Management Deming’s 14 Points on the Curious Cat site 2 minute webcast of Deming (and Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged Deming
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La-Z-Boy Lean
La-Z-Boy changing production lines to compete with China [the broken link was removed]: But in an attempt to better compete with the overseas market, the Neosho plant, along with six others in its division, is transitioning to the Lean Cellular … Continue reading
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Tagged lean manufacturing
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Innovation at Toyota
The Birth of the Prius by Alex Taylor III: By the end of 1993 the development team had determined that higher oil prices and a growing middle class around the world would require the new car to be both roomy … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Systems thinking, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged Innovation, Toyota
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2006 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing
2006 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing [the broken link was removed, I am continually amazed by organizations that do things like delete press releases, sigh, and a new waste created by poorly managing web resources] American manufacturing continues to … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Manufacturing
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Global Manufacturing Data by Country
I am still looking for a good source for manufacturing data by country and year. Today I found some data from the United Nations Statistics Division. The data for the top five manufacturing economies: China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom and … Continue reading
Posted in China, Economics, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
Tagged economic data, economy, Manufacturing, Popular, quote
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