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Inside the mind of Taiichi Ohno
A book that is more obscure than it deserves is Taiichi Ohno’s Workplace Management. When most people think of this father of the Toyota Production System, they focus on Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota...
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Measurement Misnomers, and Toyota Dealership Problems
On our LinkedIn Group for the Lean Learning Center, we get many good discussions and questions. We had one from Roger Cook that I thought was worth repeating and expanding upon. Here is the question:...
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The Fall of the Mighty Toyota
..and other such troubling headlines and comments have been popping up everywhere throughout the news cycle and the blogosphere. The major Toyota recall has stirred up activity every where, from a...
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Don’t Limit Your Sources of Learning
Everyone wants to copy the best. That’s why companies such as Toyota and General Electric have been popular sources of benchmarking. That’s why Chrysler was so highly benchmarked when we were the most...
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Superstorm Sandy relief, lean, and Toyota
This video is great in many ways. First, it’s a great demonstration of how simple lean can be. While it doesn’t capture all of the essence or the experience behind some of the simple improvements, it...
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Toyota Production System
Author: Taiichi Ohno Publication Date: 1978 Book Description: What’s the key message? As a book, Toyota Production System is one of the most important books in any lean leader’s library. The primary...
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The Machine That Changed the World
Author: James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos Publication Date: 1990 Book Description: What’s the key message? The Machine That Changed the World is the product of a 5-year, $5M study of the...
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