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Can Lean Production Methods Work in Services?

The Toyota Production Method is a Grade A example of how "lean" production methods help big iron and other manufacturers improve quality, production efficiency and worker satisfaction. (Lean doesn't mean reducing fat, but rather working more efficiently.) Question: Can these same methods that work so well in...

Tags: Software, Method, Wipro Technologies, Worker, Toyota Production Method, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management, Sean Silverthorne

Blog posts 2009-05-21

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Stop rising healthcare costs using Toyota lean production methods; 38 steps for improvement

Stop rising healthcare costs using Toyota lean production methods; 38 steps for improvement. Chalice, Robert. ASQ Quality Press 2005 177 pages $25.00 Paperback RA410 Drawing on extensive experience in healthcare operations improvement, the Wisconsin-based author looks to Toyota's lean production method as...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Toyota Motor Corp.

Research articles 2005-12-01

The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation

The Idea in Brief Breakthroughs in your company's management processes--such as creation of intellectual property, brand building, talent development--deliver potent competitive advantages. By perfecting the industrial research laboratory, for example, General Electric won more patents than...

Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Belief, Toyota Motor Corp., Management Innovation, Management Innovator, Management, Gary Hamel, Harvard Business Review, In Brief

Articles 2008-04-01

Fuel Cell Component Patent Polymer electrolyte membrane and method of production Patent No.: 7,060,735.

Inventors: Taniguchi; Takumi (Toyota, JP); Nakano; Mitsuru (Aichi, JP); Kawasumi; Masaya (Aichi, JP); Morimoto; Yu (Aichi, JP); Hasegawa; Naoki (Aichi, JP) Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, JP) Inventors: Taniguchi; Takumi (Toyota, JP); Nakano; Mitsuru (Aichi, JP); Kawasumi; Masaya (Aichi, JP); Morimoto;...

Tags: fuel cell, polymer, Toyota Motor Corp.

Research articles 2006-07-01

Lean made your way: one method does not fit all.

TOYOTA DIDN'T START OUT MAKING CARS ON A CONVEYOR line or establishing a groundbreaking production system, though today most lean thinking is based in some way on this model of high volume with basic variations on the same base product. Still, one si TOYOTA DIDN'T START...

Tags: Toyota Motor Corp.

Research articles 2008-02-01

Barriers loom on road to plug-in cars

DETROIT--For plug-in electric cars, it's no longer a question of if. It's a question of when and how.After many years of buildup, plug-in vehicles aimed at mainstream buyers are set to come to the market starting next year. But even with the momentum around plug-ins, many questions remain unanswered over...

Tags: Car, Battery, Plug-in

News items 2009-10-23