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Believing You Can Get Lean Makes You Leaner

By Jon Miller - November 16th, 2006

If Lean for Toyota is “kaizen and respect for people” we need to spend some time understanding what makes people work as well as what makes kaizen work. To that end, there are some very interesting findings at the Psycholog

The Lean Ranger in: The Workshop of the World, Part II

By Jon Miller - June 15th, 2006

After a short layover at Gemba’s Shanghai office, Yang Kai and I are off to Guangzhou. Since it’s a domestic flight, the Security level is a little lower, but there are still lots of uniforms standing around. I spot an ATM in the a

Lean Manufacturing Mantras

By Jon Miller - June 6th, 2006

One of my favorite Lean manufacturing moments was when a group of highly intelligent and committed Lean leaders from an American industrial giant that we took to Japan realized that the excellent company we were visiting had no idea wh

This Blog Has Been Kaizened to Accept Your Comments!

By Jon Miller - December 12th, 2005

We have upgraded our blogging platform! You are now invited to join the discussion about kaizen, Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement on our blog. You can post your comments in the field directly below each article. We look fo

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