Toyota's Shop Floor Still Remembers
8 February 2010
While Toyota executives are scurrying around having lost their way, the employees at their factories are doing what Toyota does best: improving. For…
Score Another One For the Good Guys
7 February 2010
by BILL WADDELL Someone said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. Try telling that to the…
Just How Low Has Toyota Sunk?
2 February 2010
by BILL WADDELL Looks like Kevin might have been a bit premature when he gave Toyota credit last week for finally pulling the long overdue andon cord…
A New Critical Japanese Lean Term: oushikuso
1 February 2010
Perhaps the best thing that could happen to manufacturing improvement is the debacle that is unfolding at Toyota. It will put to rest so much of the n…
Git Lean Little Buckaroos
1 February 2010
by BILL WADDELL A guy by the name of Satya Chakravorty wrote an article the other day in the Wall Street Journal, Where Process Improvement Projects…
Zappos and the Fallacy of Best Practices
31 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Companies love to spend gobs of money going on treasure hunts to find new best practices. Tours of great companies, workshops by supp…
Fitness Accessories for the Stand Up Desk
30 January 2010
Last week's post on the health effects of standing, and how sitting long periods can more than offset the benefits of even regular vigorous exerci…
Swimming Through the Information Clutter
29 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer A recent article in The Economist by Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz describes how one aspect of leadership has changed in the information age.…