Category Archives: Lean thinking

Process Leadership

Posted on November 20, 2005 by John Hunter

Process Leadership [the broken link was removed] by Daniel T Jones: the most promising approach is to create a small team, led by a high potential executive, operating initially outside the normal departmental structure and reporting to the top. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management Articles, Process improvement | Tagged process thinking | Comments Off

Problems with Lean Manufacturing Awards

Posted on November 17, 2005 by John Hunter

Dangers in Lean Manufacturing Awards from the Got Boondogle blog: My simple understanding of lean principles is to focus on the pursuit of company survival for eternity with the elimination of waste while adding value for customers, enhancing quality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing, Systems thinking | Comments Off

A Great Day for Georgia-Pacific

Posted on November 16, 2005 by John Hunter

A Great Day for Georgia-Pacific [the broken link was removed] by Bill Waddell The Koch people also said that G-P would be much better off not having to deal with “the distraction of quarterly reports” and they would be able … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles, Systems thinking | Comments Off

Lean Education Academic Network

Posted on November 14, 2005 by John Hunter

Lean Education Academic Network [the broken link was removed], is a group of academic and industry people interested in bringing lean content into academic programs. The Leaneduc email list will send you announcements from the network. From Exclusive Q&A with … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Lean thinking | Tagged Education | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles | Comments Off

Lean Hospitals

Posted on November 7, 2005 by John Hunter

Hospitals Turning Into Lean Machines by Megan Myers (broken link removed): The push toward adopting more efficient strategies in health care largely stems from a crucial need to reduce health care costs. In 2002, health care expenditures in the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Health care, Lean thinking | Tagged health care system | Comments Off

Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation

Posted on November 7, 2005 by John Hunter

Lean Manufacturing: The 3rd Generation by David Drickhamer: A Toyota executive recently attributed the company’s long-term success to “brilliant process management.” Such processes are everywhere in business, including office and administrative work, areas where Toyota itself is working on how … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Toyota Production System (TPS) | Comments Off

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 →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management | Tagged lean manufacturing, Womack | Comments Off

Toyota Supply Chain Ideas for Big Box Stores

Posted on November 2, 2005 by John Hunter

Teaching the Big Box New Tricks (bozos at Fortune deleted the web page so I deleted the link) – What Toyota knows about supply chains – and how to apply it to almost anything, even megastores – from Fortune. At … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Management Articles | Tagged Womack | Comments Off

The Power of Why

Posted on October 31, 2005 by John Hunter

NUMMI Tour Tale #3: The Power of Why by Mark Graban: Again, another “wow” moment. For one, NUMMI put the situation in customer terms. Do not use these parts, because there would be a negative impact on the customer. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing | Comments Off