Do It Michael - Please
3 April 2006
When Michael Dell made his foray into selling cars through CarsDirect, that was OK with Detroit. All he did was put together a collection of dealers…
GM and CBS: A Match Made In Heaven
2 April 2006
On Sunday night, the trials and tribulations of GM were featured on the CBS show Sixty Minutes. Never ones to let the facts get in the way of a good…
Lean Machines
2 April 2006
In some respects the lean manufacturing community is like the IT community. There are software people and there are hardware people, with not much co…
Submerging California
31 March 2006
Sometimes you just have to wonder about the thought processes in large companies. Actually I don't, as I used to work for a Fortune-50 medical dev…
Josef's Geography Lesson
31 March 2006
Just outside of Stuttgart lives a guy named Josef Horber who has been a thorn in my side for several months. He is a nice guy, very bright and energe…
Let's Get Our Story Straight
30 March 2006
Toyota seems happy to perpetuate the myth that their kimono has always been wide open and they are willing to share the spirit and the mechanics of th…
Viva Mejico
29 March 2006
Knowing nothing about Mexico or Mexicans, and even less about manufacturing, has not stopped every yahoo with an overblown ego and access to a TV came…
Think About This One
27 March 2006
A recent article from Inside Bay Area waxes eloquently about the Toyota Production System and its application at NUMMI, especially with regard to work…