Toyota Production System

The best way (by far) to solve problems that cause inefficiency

December 11, 2016

In Applied Minds: How Engineers Think, Guru Madhavan observes: “Engineers help create solution spaces — suites of possibilities that offer new choices, conveniences, and comforts — that redefine our standard of living…Therein lies a paradox: engineering is omnipresent but invisible…

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Move Your Bus: A book review by Bob Morris

March 7, 2016

Move Your Bus: An Extraordinary New Approach to Accelerating Success in Work and Life Ron Clark Touchstone/An imprint of Simon & Schuster (2015) How to accelerate “the relentless pursuit of excellence” and do so with people power Ron Clark’s use…

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Next frontiers for lean

March 9, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from an article co-authored by Ewan Duncan and Ron Ritter for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. In it, they note that lean-production techniques have been revolutionizing operations for 50 years. Advances in…

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The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook: A book review by Bob Morris

May 20, 2013

The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton KoganPage (2013) A lean explanation of how to introduce or improve effectiveness of Lean initiatives in almost any organization In a remarkably informative Introduction, Mark Eaton explains why he wrote this book, briefly reviews…

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