I stumbled accross this video on Jon Miller's blog. Senate hopeful, Paul Akers, discusses Lean on Fox News. If there is one thing I'd like to see congress do is to pull a page from Taiichi Ohno's playbook.
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26 February 2010
26
February
One of the greatest tech movements in history has been open-source software. At the birth of the movement many scoffed and thought that making source code available for free would lead to the financial demise of those who shared their code.
The following NY Times article explores how many companies (IBM, DuPont, and others) known for innovation are following suit with open innovation. They are opening virtual communities for discussion on ‘green’ topics. They are involving communities, and in the process pledging their environmental patents for...
Posted on Friday, February 26, 2010 by George R.
20 February 2010
20
February
Due a misunderstanding of what lean manufacturing really is, many believe its ultimate goal is to make things cheaply and cut every corner possible. So it is understandable that those who have this impression of lean will think it’s the reason why Toyota is having the problems it is currently having.
The reality of those problems is not rooted in...
Posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 by George R.
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