COMPETING Podcast Category

Interview with Dr. Steven Spear – Part 1 Toyota, a community of scientists

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Outline of Highlights…..Please listen to the podcast for details Today we are fortunate to have as our guest Dr. Steven Spear Dr Spear is a Senior Lecturer at Mass. Institute of Technology, where he teaches an introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma for students in the Leaders for Manufacturing and System Design and Management… Read more »

Competing August 16, 2007 “Creating an effective suggestion system”

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Sponsored by the Zone Control Achieve Program, gemba training for Supervisors Front-line Managers and Lead People the sergeants and lieutenants in the war against waste. To find out more go to Gembawalk.com or call 717-394-9106. Thanks to Jon Miller of Gemba Research and his article “The Suggestion System is No Suggestion” for much of the… Read more »

Lean Video Reviews – Competing August 2007

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I think it is very important that the lean community shares what works and what doesn’t. This podcast will focus on three videos that work for my practice and will likely work for your company be it manufacturing, distribution, or service. All three videos were produced by The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership www.gbmp.org

Zone Control 101 – Gemba tools for frontline supervisors, leadpeople and managers

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If you would like some background perhaps you would find listening to my Previous podcast “Supervising and the war against waste” useful, that podcast briefly discussed the supervisors role in a lean environment and available tools and concepts to apply. Leanthinkingnetwork.com/2007/01/15/supervising-and-the-war-against-waste My Suggestions on Toyota’s “zone control”

Interview with Pascal Dennis Part 1

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“Getting the Right Things Done” http://www.lean.org/WhoWeAre/LeanPerson.cfm?LeanPersonId=45 http://thedennisgroup.com/lean/publications.html Pascal’s inspiration for the book *Personal “Hoshin” model or mission *A translator of the Toyota Production System Target Audience *Leaders at all levels