Lean Manufacturing Blog

News and discussion about Lean Manufacturing, the Toyota Production System, Lean Health care, and American manufacturing competitiveness. The "Lean Manufacturing Blog" is an associate of TPS - ThroughPut Solutions.


Podcast Technical Update (Jul 1, 2009 18:00)
Just an administrative update on some technical glitches I've had with the podcasts that are now re..

How Does Your Team React to a New Person? (Jul 1, 2009 09:00)
I 've mentioned here, I think, that I was in The Netherlands earlier in June for almost a week. I w..

Bad News not Flowing Either Direction at GM? (Jul 1, 2009 09:00)
Last week, I blogged about an episode where bad news wasn't flowing up in Boeing (or, it's part of a..

A Breakthrough in Training -- Call it "Near-TWI" (Jun 30, 2009 09:00)
I'm very pleased to present a guest post from Arizona about the successful use of Lean concepts and..

"Do" Lean or "Be" Lean in IT? (Jun 30, 2009 00:21)
Lean & IT « IT Business Alignment (IT2B) Subscribe via RSS | Lean Blog Main Page | Podcast | Twitte..

Breaking: GM Dumps NUMMI Partnership with Toyota (Jun 29, 2009 21:57)
After 25 years, GM ditches NUMMI tie-up with Toyota In the news this afternoon: PRESS RELEASE: 2009..

Book Review: "Kaizen Express" (Jun 29, 2009 09:00)
I have always learned a lot from John Shook. As I've blogged about before, I've seen John present a..

Clear and Relevant Metrics (Jun 28, 2009 09:00)
By Matt Wrye: I have been implementing lean over the last 10 years at five different companies. Onl..

The Power of Explaining Why - A Funny Example (Jun 27, 2009 09:00)
This sign and picture might be a bit rude, so I saved this for a Saturday. To me, a very powerful an..

Bad News Not Flowing Up at Boeing? (Jun 25, 2009 21:00)
Tomorrow's blog post today... not that anyone will be reading anything non-Michael Jackson related. ..