Mar 18 2013

Chrysler’s training academy hands-on (With Video) | the Windsor Star

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WARREN, Mich. — When you  step into the lab at the World Class Manufacturing Academy, your first inclination is to play. Warm colours, bright…

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More details about Chrysler’s training academy.

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Mar 17 2013

One More Time: Lean Is Not Just For High-Volume Producers | Gregg Stocker

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“One of the most common arguments against the adoption of lean is that it applies only to high volume manufacturing operations.  Much of the literature available on the subject, as well as the close association with Toyota has created the misconception that lean is not applicable to organizations that deal with a small number of large projects or highly customized products or services.

There are three basic questions related to the application of lean that demonstrate that it is not dependent on the volume of product or services produced…”

Michel Baudin‘s insight:

Gregg Stocker’s perspective on the broad applicability of Lean.

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Mar 17 2013

Visitors see ‘lean’ during RUH tour | Star Phoenix

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 Technology is often touted as the cure for many of our modern afflictions.Funny, then, that a whiteboard in the staff room could make such a difference in how the city’s busiest emergency department runs.”It’s very low-tech,” says Jon Schmid, the registered nurse manager for Royal UniversityHospital’s emergency department. “But the impact it has on our organization is huge.”…

Michel Baudin‘s insight:

The text of the article is informative, particularly about the use of a white board, but the picture does not show this white board. In fact, it seems unrelated to the article, as if the newspaper just slapped on a stock photo from a hospital.

As it is, however, this photo is a good reason for the quotes around the word “Lean.” It is an encyclopedia of work space design mistakes, with work surfaces at uneven and ergonomically inappropriate heights, causing people to stoop, or even squat to access the refrigerator. Not to mention empty space in the center and chairs.

Workspace design mistakes

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Mar 17 2013

Toyota’s history rests on key textile invention | Long Island Newsday

Kiichiro and Eiji Toyoda
Kiichiro and Eiji Toyoda around a loom

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It was a single thread that gave a man a dream, created a little history and displayed the talents of a remarkable mind and a family with resourcefulness in its genes.

Sakichi Toyoda wasn’t all that interested in fast-moving machinery, just machines in motion. It’s how the Toyota Production System began. It’s how an inventor with a sharp eye and even sharper mind built an empire…

 

 

 

 

 

Michel Baudin‘s insight:

A summary of Toyota history with the usual omissions:

  1. Automatic shuttle change. The ability to stop when thread broke was not the only innovation of Toyoda looms. Automatic shuttle change was equally important, not just to looms but as a forerunner of autonomation, the Toyota approach to automation.
  2. The German connection. Toyota learned much about car technology from Germany through Kazuo Kumabe and his research team, in particular reverse-engineering a 1936 DKW. The concept of Takt also came from the German Junkers company via the Mitsubishi Aircraft plant in Nagoya.

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Mar 16 2013

Windsor Chrysler workers reduce waste to be world class | Windsor Star (blog)

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World Class Manufacturing, Fiat’s version of lean manufacturing, would become Chrysler’s way of doing business.

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Mar 16 2013

Introduction to Lean – 2013 Michel Baudin

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Introduction to Lean Manufacturing by the takt times group’s Michel Baudin

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