just-in-time

Building Behaviors Bedrock of Lean Success [Lessons from the Road]

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 02-13-14

For my latest column, I set out to write about culture change. I barely got through the introduction and realized I’m already out of room. Such is the restriction of a 1-page column. So, the introduction became the column. You can read the latest installment of Lessons from the Road,

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Respecting the Customer: The Foundation for Just-in-Time

by Jamie Flinchbaugh on 11-30-09

This is a guest post by Shawn Patterson from DTE Energy. You can learn more about Shawn from his LinkedIn profile, or as featured in Chapter 10 of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Lean. Probably the most powerful attribute of the Toyota Production System is the deeply ingrained principles underpinning all

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