LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

LG has devised payment subscription plans that makes its products affordable. Sponsoring local football events, utilizing tax incentives and setting up local manufacturing plants on subsidized government land has brought about brand ownership with locals. To quote the late, great C.K.

Competitive Advantage 154

Competitive Advantage Prahalad Blue Ocean Strategy Glocalization 154

Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

To enhance overall planning and, from a long-term perspective, achieve swift and precise decision making and execution through coordination among management structures. That management system is often referred to as the Toyota Production System and was also given the name “lean manufacturing.”

Deming 28

Deming Lean Manufacturing Management Long-term 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

It’s like he’s afraid of me trying new things because it might not go exactly as planned. For example, employees in a white-goods manufacturing plant in Italy learned about lean manufacturing by playing with Legos rather than cooktops. “He was more concerned with protocol than personal development.

Motivation 15

Motivation Lean Manufacturing Management System 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2014

Leader standard work is a term often used in lean manufacturing. Did they perform the checks they planned? If so, you probably manage your organization and your direct reports through weekly meetings and email. You should instead consider “ leader standard work.”.

Lean Manufacturing 11

Lean Manufacturing Long-term Project Performance Review 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

A large durable goods manufacturer wanted to quantify the value of the IT portfolio to its product development function. Using concepts from lean manufacturing, it modeled the time engineers spent creating and transforming data.

Company 8

Company Lean Manufacturing Compliance Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2016

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, lean manufacturing was the Big New Idea and it seemed like everyone was learning new tools with Japanese names. They should have a plan for helping people use the new technologies and the related new methodologies more effectively. Operations in a Connected World. Sponsored by Accenture.

Operations 8

Operations Lean Manufacturing Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Toyota made its quality reputation sending its lean manufacturing experts into its suppliers' production lines to advise them on product design and process improvement. Every company should have a plan and a process to convert its bigger customers into innovation partners.

CTO 15

CTO Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

A planned doubling of our square footage was derailed by the financial crash, which depleted capital, but in some ways this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. We enlisted experts in operational effectiveness and service excellence, and both leaders and front line staff were trained on the principles of lean manufacturing.

Health Care 8

Health Care Ishikawa Lean Manufacturing Early Adopters 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2013

and Canada, I have come to the conclusion that health care professionals will continue to struggle to deliver it unless hospitals redesign their internal supply processes, structures, and measurement systems so that staff have the specific materials and equipment needed for patients’ individual care plans, when they are needed.

System 8

System Health Care Operations Construction 8