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Toyota Principle #12: Go and See

Posted on July 3, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles

  Toyota Principle #12: Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation (Genchi Genbutsu).   When Toyota published “The Toyota Way 2001,” it was a deviation from the earlier “Toyota.. read more

Toyota Principle #11: Respect Partners and Suppliers

                      Toyota Principle #11: Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve.  .. read more

Toyota Principle #10: Develop Exceptional People

                    Toyota Principle #10: Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company’s philosophy.   Like Principle #9, Principle #10 deals.. read more

Toyota Principle #9 – Grow leaders

Posted on April 15, 2016 · Posted in Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles, Toyota Way

Toyota Principle #9 – Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy and teach it to others.   With Principle #9, we start to see how important culture.. read more

Toyota Principle #8 – Technology that serves

Posted on March 28, 2016 · Posted in Jidoka, Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Toyota Principles

  Toyota Principle #8 – Use only reliable, thoroughly tested technology that serves your people and processes. NOTE: This principle doesn’t eschew the use of technology. It simply states that,.. read more

Toyota Principle # 7 – Use Visual Control

Posted on March 14, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Poka-Yoke, standard work, Uncategorized

Toyota Principle # 7 – Use Visual Control So No Problems Are Hidden For those of you who haven’t been exposed to the VISUAL nature of lean, here are some thoughts.. read more

Toyota Principle #6 – Standardized tasks & Continuous Improvement

Posted on February 16, 2016 · Posted in Uncategorized

Toyota Principle #6 – Standardized tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment.   In a lot of ways I was lucky to begin my quest for Lean.. read more

Toyota Principle #5 – Build a culture of stopping to fix …

Posted on January 29, 2016 · Posted in Lean Thoughts, Uncategorized

Toyota Principle #5 – Build a culture of stopping to fix the problem, to get quality right the first time One of the better known stories about creating a culture.. read more

Toyota Principle #4 – Level out the workload

Posted on January 25, 2016 · Posted in Leadership, Lean, lean tools

Toyota Principle #4 – Level out the workload (Heijunka); Work like the tortoise, not the hare.     Consider the following process: To meet customer demand, you calculate that you need to.. read more

Bully for Missy!

Posted on December 1, 2015 · Posted in business, business model, Leadership, Lean, Lean Thoughts, Uncategorized

In 1999, as I was finishing my master’s thesis, I came across a small company: Title 9 Sports.  Their name has since been changed to just Title Nine (http://www.titlenine.com/home.do), but.. read more