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Articles on Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, and The Toyota Production System
The Toyota Production System, or Lean Manufacturing as it has come to be called, is the production system developed by Toyota to identify and eliminate waste. It’s pillars are Continuous Improvement and Respect for People. It’s methodology includes both a worldview and tools to make work better through the systematic elimination of waste and a thorough approach to developing people.
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Most Lean Leaders manage through influence and not authority. This is especially true when just starting out. This can be challenging and learning how to effectively and sincerely influence an organization to learn to adopt the Lean worldview and also its practices requires [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Pete’s Note: We’re pleased to have Gary Netherton provide a guest post for us today. In this post, he shares a dialogue between operators around how to balance a line, which inevitably leads to an educational lesson on the Theory of Constraints, and [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Continuing our series on Lean Management, another aspect that goes along with the skill of Lean Manager’s Ask Effective Questions during a Gemba Walk is that effective Lean Managers listen to words, but they also listen to feelings. This post is not meant to [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Here to slap down more knowledge, making sure we pick up what puts down, The Most Interesting Lean Guy in the World has graced us with his presence. He is interesting because, through many years of study and experience, he has amassed a [...]
Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Creating a culture of excellence requires systems that are inclusive of all employees. Indeed, Respect for People must make its way into formal and informal systems within an organization. One formal way demonstrate the Respect for People principle is to have a formal [...]
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