Monthly Archives: October 2006

Terex Handlers: Lean Manufacturing

Posted on October 31, 2006 by John Hunter

Here is a short article about a company implementing lean: Terex Handlers implementing lean manufacturing [the broken link was removed]. The article doesn’t really shed any new insight but it is another good example of success (which are nice) and … Continue reading →

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Simple Cell Phone

Posted on October 31, 2006 by John Hunter

Awhile back we posted about the lack of simple phones now Motorola is looking at this market. See: Motorola’s Dumb Phone: Looking for more customers, the company did extensive market research in poor countries. The result: the company’s slimmest phone … Continue reading →

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Lean Manufacturing Web Video

Posted on October 29, 2006 by John Hunter

Continuous Improvement Video from Genie Industries [the broken link was removed], is an interesting lean manufacturing video (via the great Panta Rei blog): The video also shows examples of their moving line, andon and pull chord, visual production status boards, … Continue reading →

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Deming in Japan

Posted on October 26, 2006 by John Hunter

Great article by John Dowd [the broken link was removed], How the Japanese learned to compete: This is a key lesson because with attention to quality, the company begins a journey on a “virtuous circle” of simultaneously improving quality and … Continue reading →

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Management Improvement Search Engine

Posted on October 25, 2006 by John Hunter

Google has launched a nice new feature that allows users to create customized search results. I have talked about this idea before: Improve Google. Last year I posted about Rollyo, which allowed what Google now does (using Yahoo for the … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Toyota’s IT Strategy

Posted on October 23, 2006 by John Hunter

Another interesting post from Panta Rei: Lessons from Toyota’s IT Strategy [the broken link was removed]: In order to use IT effectively as a tool, we think that it is important for the top management to not see IT as … Continue reading →

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Deming Prize 2006

Posted on October 22, 2006 by John Hunter

The Union of Japanese Scientists have announced the 2006 Deming Application Prize [the broken link was removed] winners: Nishizawa Electric Meters Manufacturing Co., Limited (Japan) Sanden International PTE Limited (Singapore) Sanden International, Inc. (USA) Also announced: The Deming Prize for … Continue reading →

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Management Consulting – Web Site Evidence

Posted on October 18, 2006 by John Hunter

In, How Wipro Adapted the Toyota Production System to IT Work [the broken link was removed], Jon Miller highlights several keys to adopting lean thinking: involve everyone, learn and then do, and learn together. In Wipro’s case they should also … Continue reading →

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Deming Institute Conference: Tom Nolan

Posted on October 16, 2006 by John Hunter

I attended the annual W. Edwards Deming Institute conference this weekend: it was quite good. Tom Nolan [the broken link was removed] lead off the conference with: Developing and Applying Theory to Get Results. He discussed the theory of knowledge: … Continue reading →

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Lean Canadian Company

Posted on October 15, 2006 by John Hunter

Lean and mean might not be enough [the broken link was removed] “I wanted all the machines working all the time,” Afeyan said as he watched a worker moving a stack of veneers into position for “cooking” in one of … Continue reading →

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