Toyota Way Principle #3: “Pull” Systems TAGS: baseball | basketball | blitz | concession | continuous flow | excess | floor | footprint | handler | hats | ideal | interval | inventory | jugs | kanban | lean | material | metrics | minimum | multitask | operations | operators | overproduction | perishable | principle | problems | process | pull | quantities | refrigerator | reorder | safety stock | six sigma | space | sports | stands | state | stock | surface | sweet baby ray's | system | toyota way (This is the fourth post looking at the 14 lean principles of The Toyota Way.) The third lean principle of The Toyota Way is a follow-up to the second lean …Continue reading →

Baseball Trade Show – Mascot Manufacturing TAGS: audit | baseball trade show | baseball winter meetings | costumes | data | erp system | inventory | lead times | lean | manufacturing | mascots | reorder point | safety stock | visual factory I had a chance to speak with a company that designs and manufactures mascot suits at the Baseball Trade Show last week. This company’s booth had a few mascot suits …Continue reading →