Toyota Questions... Everything
11 December 2006
Saturday's post of Toyota Questions Kaizen, which commented on the As Rivals Catch Up, Toyota CEO Spurs Big Efficiency Drive article in Saturday&#…
Toyota Questions Kaizen
9 December 2006
A front page story in today's weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal, titled As Rivals Catch Up, Toyota CEO Spurs Big Efficiency Drive, does a…
Hybrid Hypocrisy and Handouts
2 December 2006
Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute blog is a little upset at Toyota's Jim Press, believing he's asking for a handout from the U.S. government.…
Pushing Back the Supply Chain
2 December 2006
I wonder if some people understand the magnitude of the current unsold inventory of Big 3 cars. Before we dive into the story in today's Wall Str…
Myths and Rationalizations
29 November 2006
It seems that not a day goes by without some U.S. automaker policy wonk trying to rationalize why Japanese automakers are kicking U.S. automakers to t…
From Russia With Lean
22 November 2006
As if Ford and GM didn't have enough problems. The November 20th issue of Business Week has an article on GAZ, the large Russian auto maker, and…
A Presumption of Imperfection
17 November 2006
Charles Fishman has an article in the upcoming December/January issue of Fast Company, this one titled No Satisfaction. In it he dives into Toyota'…
Does the Rock Star Have Clothes?
29 October 2006
Another day, another article about the wonders of Carlos Ghosn. He was even appointed an honorary knight commander of the British empire, joining the…