Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2013

Ford shifted the auto industry from craft to mass production, and the Japanese later took it a step further to lean production. The same can be said of other procedures that might lend themselves to mass or lean production. See this HBR article on how to redesign knowledge work, including health care.).

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Lean Production Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

Many companies still compete this way and there continue to be successors to Taylorism, including business process reengineering and lean production. Some companies brought together Six Sigma and lean production into “Lean Six Sigma” as a way of competing with both lower costs and higher quality.

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Six Sigma Company Lean Production Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

In the 1980s, our organizations learned a great deal about how to improve productivity, quality, and costs from Japanese practices. A few decades ago, U.S. companies were making progress on the operations front, but now they seem to have lost their way—and business schools are in a position to help set them right again.

Lean Production 8

Lean Production Operations Health Care Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2014

First recognize if the product is solving a real problem and people will buy it, then figure out how to scale production and distribution in situations of success.

Black-Scholes 8

Black-Scholes Productivity Products CAPM 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

They had no idea how to. link] Ford managers could not use more cheap Chinese labor and less automated machinery because they had no idea how to. How could numerous workers replace computer-controlled tools and still achieve the precise tolerances required of modern automotive technology? Of course not.

Automotive 10

Automotive Lean Production Marketing Crisis 10

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

By basing strategy on measured data and analytics, Lean teams can accurately and efficiently improve the quality of their work and the way it’s preformed. Following the Instructions With Your Lean Tools. While it may be helpful to have a mess of tools at your disposal, it means nothing if you don’t know how to use them properly.

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Efficiency Tools Survey Report 232

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2011

There are probably lessons here on how to redesign the cell network using the distributed principles behind the Internet, but the contrast of distributed and hierarchical systems runs deeper. Japan is famous for its lean production systems and efficient supply chains.

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Long-term Lean Production Globalization 13