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Monthly Archives: July 2009
In Praise of Buffers
Buffer stock isn’t the devil that some in the lean community make it out to be. The cost of producing safety stock is easier to bear than the cost of getting caught without enough product to suit customer demand...
Posted in Lean Matters Tagged Celerant, demand sensing, Lean manufacturing, operational excellence, pull-based, reengineering, Toyota 1 Comment
A Lean Resource to Consider
Experts advise against trying to bake lean into the entire organization at the start, instead taking piecemeal steps toward a company-wide initiative. But one award-winning company has put a twist on that practice...
Don Your Rally Caps for the American Car Industry
It’s easy to take potshots at the American auto industry these days; a one-eyed drunk could hit that target. I’d rather take a minute to praise it. American carmakers, it seems, have dedicated themselves to eliminating one of the core lean wastes...
Posted in Lean Matters Tagged automotive, carmakers, Chrysler, Ford, Ford Explorer, GM, manufacturing, quality management 3 Comments
Those Ungrateful Workers…