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Eric’s Japan Lean Benchmarking Trip, 2

By Jon Miller - November 8th, 2005

The impressions of what he saw are still strong in Eric’s mind several weeks after returning from his Lean manufacturing benchmarking trip to Japan: “The visit to Toyota was everything I expected, which was amazing. We firs

Eric’s Lean Benchmarking Trip to Japan, Part 1

By Jon Miller - October 31st, 2005

Last week Eric Sander joined a group of clients on our Lean manufacturing benchmarking trip. It was Eric’s first trip to Japan. Eric survived a week of fish and rice. When he got back to the United States, he had a nice plate of

Toyota Loves France!

By Jon Miller - October 27th, 2005

Or so the full page ad taken out by the French government in the Otober 31, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek would have you believe. The ad takes no chances that the reader might not get the point, using the tag line “The New France. W

Toyota is No Friend of the Earth, Say Greens

By Jon Miller - October 26th, 2005

Last week I praised Toyota’s environmental efforts but a new and sharply critical ad campaign is making me reconsider. Even as Toyota continues its advertising campaign to promote its Hybrid Synergy Drive technology with the R

Tune into NUMMI Tour Tales

By Jon Miller - October 25th, 2005

Today Mark Graban posted his first trip report from his visit to NUMMI, the GM / Toyota joint venture in California. I won’t give away the details, but it’s a good reminder to “abandon fixed ideas” and do what&#

Tough Love for Delphi Leadership

By Jon Miller - October 19th, 2005

Dr. James Womack is not the only one saddened to see a corporation like Delphi who championed Lean so well struggle so mightily. I read Dr. Womack’s article on the LEI site about Delphi, hoping for a lesson learned. I was disappo

Virtual JKE – Final Entry

By Jon Miller - September 29th, 2005

Kent Bradley VP, North America “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Confucius “Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve seen ’til you get back home.” –Luke Frida

Ford Adopts Toyota-style Supplier Strategy

By Jon Miller - September 29th, 2005

There’s good news today from the Ford Motor Company. The September 29, 2005 WSJ article “Ford Seeks Big Savings By Overhauling Supply System: No. 2 Auto Maker Will Offer Larger and Longer Contracts But Use Fewer Companies&#

Virtual JKE Day Five

By Jon Miller - September 28th, 2005

Kent Bradley VP, North America As someone who only recently joined the consulting world after 25 years directing manufacturing, assembly, and distribution operations, I can say with absolute conviction that I have never seen a lean ass

Virtual JKE Day Four

By Jon Miller - September 27th, 2005

Kent Bradley VP, North America It is Wednesday night in Tokyo, after another long day on the Gemba Research JKE tour. Today we visited Hokuetsu Industries, which owns about 10% of the global market for industrial air compressors and ha

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