Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 28, 2016

It also grew when manufacturers worldwide began to adopt the Lean Manufacturing practices of Japanese companies, replacing the overspecialized, assembly-line mentality with teams that developed broader knowledge and skills and had greater autonomy. Recognize the human need for work/life balance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

It involves replacing traditional mass manufacturing with “lean manufacturing” principles. Over the last thirty years, the lean approach — developed by Japanese automakers — has permeated the manufacturing sector in developed countries, but is much less commonly used in the developing world.

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Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 13, 2016

To maintain a lean management environment without risking consistent layoffs, it’s important to cross train your entire staff to see if they might be a good fit elsewhere within the organization. Other Lessons From Manufacturing. Of course, when applying this to human assets, a person’s livelihood can be at risk.

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Deming Institute

OCTOBER 31, 2016

.’s resolve to push ahead with further TQC initiatives, and based on the points cited by the Deming Prize judges the company set the following policies: To promote all-around quality control, including at affiliated companies such as suppliers and dealerships.

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Deming Institute

MARCH 2, 2017

In this presentation Dan Jones discusses what we (with an understanding of Deming’s ideas) can see as an aspect of the Deming chain reaction : Focusing on quality and then time the consequence is that we lower costs. Rather than focusing initially on costs as most people do and then somehow hoping that quality and time will be impacted.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The cord can be pulled by anyone encountering a quality problem or needing assistance from the team leader. We provided care for 57,532 patients that year, and our quality and safety metrics were excellent. In 2009, we pulled the Andon Cord.

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