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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 Also tagged automotive, carmakers, Chrysler, Ford, Ford Explorer, manufacturing, quality management 3 Comments
The New Talent Pool
Slowly, like migrants driven to new locales by the chaos of war, transplants from the automotive industry may just alter the complexion of the industries in which they land....
Posted in Lean Matters Also tagged career, Chrysler, jobless claims, Lean manufacturing, retraining, unemployment, workforce 1 Comment
Why Didn’t Lean Save Toyota?
The grandfather of lean has fallen, and it can’t get up under its own weight. This week, the venerable carmaker announced that it would incur an $8.6 billion loss in its recently closed fiscal year. How did Toyota — progenitor of the Just-in-Time concept — get so far off its own tracks?
Posted in Lean Matters Also tagged auto sales, just in time, Lean manufacturing, pull-based, Toyota 32 Comments
GM Ramps, Toyota Cuts