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Let’s Take a Gemba Walk
I have good news for those of you who missed last week's Transformation Summit in Dallas. One highlight was the…
Read article Problem Solving For Lean Continuous Improvement
What does real lean problem-solving look like? In this column, David Verble shares his experience at Toyota, revealing how the…
Read article Why is Flow Easy, and Quality Hard?
Dear Gemba Coach: My lean team has become proficient at teaching flow but it's not gaining traction when it comes…
Read article Want A Problem Solving Culture? Try Leading From the Middle
I spent fifteen years working with Toyota in North American and Japan, and discovered first-hand one of the most powerful…
Read article Are You Pulling?
Dear Gemba Coach: We’ve made a substantial effort in training all our operators to standardized work (SW) by deploying Training Within…
Read article Follow-up Q & A to the Webinar “Big Company Disease: What is it? and Why Should I Care?”
The following questions represent the most-asked ones that we couldn't get to during the webinar “Big Company Disease” with presenter Pascal Dennis.
Read article Toyota and Sudden Acceleration: Facts from the NASA Report
NASA just released its highly anticipated report about the Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA) charge in Toyota vehicles. The verdict is…
Read article Properly Applying Auto-Eject Isn’t Automatic
Dear Gemba Coach: I’m working on improving the design of our machines for lean manufacturing, and hear that an auto-eject…
Read article The Trouble with Lean Experts
Dear Gemba Coach: I run a Lean Promotion Office (LPO) and my team mostly conducts kaizen events across the company. We…
Read article Lean Product Development and Engineering at Ford
James Morgan, director, Global Body Exterior and Stamping Business Unit Engineering, Ford Motor Company, explains how he got skeptical engineers…
Read article Glad That I Asked You
About 400 of you responded with excellent suggestions for the final "Learning Session" for the upcoming LEI Lean Transformation Summit.…
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Lean Product Development at Ford
Jim Morgan, director, Global Body Exterior and Stamping Business Unit Engineering at Ford, discusses lean product development methods in this…
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