Dr. Jeff Liker celebrated author and authority on Toyota and the Toyota Production System was my guest on the Business901 podcast and we discussed his upcoming book, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement (Book release date is May 13th, I have pre-ordered mine). Dr. Liker in comparing Lean and Six Sigma: Sometimes, I’ve heard people Read More …
As Dr. Balle said, “Toyota didn’t become number one by having lower manufacturing costs, they became number one by making cars people bought.” Excerpt from the Transcription of the Business901 Podcast, Outside the Walls of a Lean Enterprise: Joe: Before you start can you define Kaizen? Are you defining Kaizen as just continuous improvement? Michael: Read More …
Great lesson in visualization and how to use technology to show data for understanding. My thoughts wondered to where many of your marketing efforts should be centered. Where are the fastest growing segments? I would really be interested in seeing a 10 minute video where he breaks out more of the data further into states. Read More …
This is my presentation on Lean Sales and Marketing at the ASQ Columbus Spring Conference. The notes, I used are with the slides. I have to admit though, that after the first slide, I never looked at the notes at all. I also included link to download the entire PDF. The notes are a little Read More …
Lean technology has now evolved from the manufacturing floor to the whole enterprise. Many companies have found real value in applying the fundamental concepts of Lean throughout the organization. The lean concepts of Kaizen, PDCA and the tools such as Pareto Charts, 5 Why’s and even Poka Yoke are commonplace. As a result of discussing Read More …
Jack Vinson, a Knowledge Management and Theory of Constraints expert, was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. He is passionate and well versed in both subjects and we had a spirited conversation about them. A bottom line person, Jack is constantly looking for ways to see how the products he manages can help the customer Read More …