Toyota Way Principle #12: Go and See For Yourself TAGS: blitz | chihuahua | consulting | data | disruptive | eyeglasses | gemba | genbutsu | genchi | go | inputs | lean | machines | numbers | objective | operations | outputs | people | principle | process | see | situation | six sigma | sports | spreadsheet | subjective | toyota way | yourself   (This is part of a series of posts covering the 14 principles from The Toyota Way. Today we’re looking at The Toyota Way principle 12.) It’s extremely commonplace in today’s data-driven …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #10, Notre Dame Football, and RKG’s TAGS: arnold | athletes | big skill | blitz | brian | central | character | charlie | cincinnati | cohesive | consistency | constancy | consulting | dame | emotional | fightin' | fighting | football | grand | guy | irish | joe bolden | keith | kelly | kind | kinda | lean | mental | merits | michigan | nbc | notre | operations | penn state | people | philosophy | players | power | principle | process | prototype | recruiting | right | rivals | rkg | scouting | six sigma | skill | specifications | sports | staff | state | style | success | toyota | turnover | university | valley | way | weis | wolverines (This is part of a series of posts examining the 14 principles of The Toyota Way. Today we look at The Toyota Way principle 10.) We’ve already dissected how the University …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #10 and the Importance of People TAGS: 2002 | art | athletics | baseball | beane | billy | blitz | brand | constraint | consulting | cultivate | depodesta | develop | efficiency | front line | fuson | grady | howe | implement | knicks | lean | lewis | management | maximize | michael | mission statement | moneyball | new york | oakland | operations | operators | paul | people | peter | philadelphia | phillies | philosophy | principle | process | produce | six sigma | sports | teams | toyota | undervalued | value | victory | way | yankees (This is a continuation of the examination of the 14 principles of The Toyota Way.) It’s one thing to have a company philosophy and mission statement, as well as a …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #10: Develop Exceptional People and Teams TAGS: amare | anthony | basketball | blitz | blueprint | carmelo | consulting | d'antoni | donnie walsh | february | houston | james dolan | jazz | jeremy | knicks | leaders | lean | lin | linsanity | mike | new york | operations | people | philosophy | plan | process | rockets | salary | sports | stoudemire | streak | teams | toyota | utah | way | woodson (This is part of a series of posts about the 14 principles from The Toyota Way. Today we look at The Toyota Way principle 10.) Remember Linsanity? That movement that took New …Continue reading →

Toyota Way Principle #8 and Implementing Technology that Helps TAGS: activities | blitz | client | computer | consulting | current | director | expectation | future | identification | lean | manager | manual | map | mapping | money | note | operations | optimize | people | post-it | principle | process | projects | provider | requirement | resource | risk | serve | six sigma | solution | sports | state | technology | time | time study | toyota | waste | way One of my current clients has a two-pronged plan for improving a process that is absorbing a lot of resources (people, time, risk, money). The first prong is to optimize …Continue reading →

Using Toyota Way Principle #8 on Everyday Technology TAGS: a6 | audi | blackberry | blitz | box | capability | capacity | car | cell | consulting | cost of ownership | curve | droid | economy | fuel | glass | htc | iphone | lean | lg | logo | maintenance | motorola | nokia | operations | otter | palm | people | phone | principle | prioritize | priority | process | purchase | purpose | quattro | reliability | repair | six sigma | specialized | sports | technology | test | tested | toyota | treo | upkeep | vehicle | way (This is a continuation of a series of posts reviewing the principles of The Toyota Way.) As previously mentioned, the eighth principle from The Toyota Way states: “Use only reliable, …Continue reading →

The #Masters: Masters Concessions and Concessions Stands TAGS: 2012 | abundant | augusta | band | beer | blitz | booster | bubba | cargo | cart | cashier | cheap | checkout | chips | club | concessions | consume | continuous flow | domestic | flow | food | football | golf | green | import | inventory | jacket | kanban | lean | masters | national | operations | patrons | people | pre-packaged | prices | process | pull | quantities | resource | speed | sports | supply | sweets | tournament | waste | watson (This is the final post on the observed business operations of the 2012 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club.) I am absolutely infatuated with the speed at which customers are …Continue reading →