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Toyota Brakes and Toyota White Gloves
Toyota, known as the king of quality must take immediate executive action regarding the reported brake problem!
The Toyota lesson, risk management and your business plan
Small business owners need to pay attention to the disastrous decision of Toyota to ask its suppliers to cut cost by 30% over the next three years. Most probably this is the reason for the acceleration nightmare issue surrounding many Toyota vehicles right now. Small entrepreneurs should learn from this and make a decision on their business ethics and management principles while writing or re-visiting their business plans. What is your standpoint on cost cutting – especially essential expenses? Be careful, as your attitude towards this important issue might result in great success or huge losses… or even failure!
Building a Lean Healthcare Value Stream
Many or most Lean teachings come from the Toyota Production System - which is why it is common for Lean practitioners to assume that the thing being processed is a physical inventory item (like a car). But it doesn't have to be. Literally 99% of Lean concepts apply to ANY industry.
Lean Marketing House - the Pillars
Above the foundation of the Lean House are the pillars. In a typical Lean House these pillars represent JIT, Jidoka(Quality) and Motivated People. This is from the Toyota Production System and they are actually in a certain order. Typically the middle pillar is described as the most important pillar and it is the one of motivated people.
Using DMAIC for your A3 Report in the Lean Marketing House
The definition of an A3 Report is a simple storyboard that tells the whole story of an improvement event on one 11x17 sheet of paper. The left side defines the problem, the right side proposes solutions. That is the basic structure. However, A3 is much more than that. It is the tool used by Toyota to implement the PDCA process. Understanding A3 thinking and you can apply this to problem solving, proposals and status reports. But you have to pick a template and you have to follow some outline in creating an A3 to get it off the ground.
Is the U.S. Government or a competitor in charge of the Congressional hearings involving Toyota
Today's Business Thought Leaders segment with author and industry expert Bill Michels was incredible. Of the several noteworthy observations Michels provided, his revelation that the current Congressional hearings regarding the Toyota recall has the Japanese manufacturer actually giving testimony before a competitor raises a number of red flags. The moment that the U.S. Government became a majority owner of General Motors through its $30 billion “investment,” hearings such as the one involving Toyota are no longer arms length. In short, if a conflict arose in a judicial hearing where the judge and the defendant had a similar-type relationship to the one between the U.S. Government and Toyota, the judge would have to step down in the interests of justice.

Becoming lean and mean
The 'lean' philosophy stated at Toyota - but can be (and should be) applied to any business. It is very simple - keep things flowing and avoid waste. Read more!
Push vs. Pull Processes
Waste is a constraint. Reducing waste in your organization is one the easiest ways of reducing constraints.

Market Value is Not Determined by Wall Street
For every customer or partner success that we empower, we attain more than just revenue; we capture Market Value.
Five Ways to Increase Profitability By Doing The Right Thing
Ethics is actually more profitable! Author and consultant Shel Horowitz, founder of the Business Ethics Pledge, shows how taking the ethical high road-and forming partnerships with your competitors-increases revenues and lowers costs.
The Bank of Japan will buy 1 Trillion Yen of Shares Held by Banks, But will it be enough?
The Bank of Japan is buying 1 trillion yen's worth of stocks from their banks to shore up their balance sheets and to encourage them to lend. But will it be enough? Read on...
Make Exponential Profits With Backend Sales-part 2
You spend a lot of money on advertising and client acquisition....now with one easy step you can add sizzling profits to your bottom line.

Using the Theory of Constraints in Marketing
You can think of the stories of Toyota and GE that have brought Lean and Six Sigma to the forefront but this was about a fiction story. One of my favorite questions to ask people is do you remember the main character's name? Few do, but when asked is they remember the Constraint's name or the boy scout who could not keep up on the walk, they blurt out: Herbie!
DUMB Goals
In 1981, G.T. Doran coined the term SMART Goals. Smart stood for, Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, and Time Bound. This article is about my set of DUMB goals that could be added. A lot has changed in 30 years, and we live in a different world. For example, 30 years ago we communicated mostly by using our mouth and ears, rather than our thumb and eyes. In 1981, the word "green " was a color, rather than a corporate mandate. Back then, families actually sat at the dinner table together with no cell phones.

Auto Sales Recover Due to Superior Value
Auto sales are recovering because of the superior value offered by manufacturers -- not because of the economy. What else explains why auto sales recovered in 2011 while so many other economic indicators remain poor? Do increased sales volumes in 2011 mean that the US economy is recovering or is it indicative of the automobile's value proposition to the consumer?

Sales Lessons From The Business Page
What can reading the financial section of the newspaper teach you selling?

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Lean Operations Systems
Thanks to the pioneering success of Toyota, the concept of a "lean" operating system has been implemented in countless manufacturing companies and even adapted for industries as diverse as insurance and healthcare.
Basic Benchmarks for World Class Businesses
Incremental improvement is the single fastest way to drive revenue. Study the Toyota way. How did they become a world-class car manufacturer? Toyota does this: continuous improvement. They benchmark. They measure. They fix. They improve. If I asked you right now, “What is your shopping cart abandonment rate,” would you be able to answer? In 30 seconds? If not, that is really bad because this is how you make your money. There are 2 mind shifts we’re really pushing towards. i. Think like a marketer in everything business-related ii. Measure everything –you need to know the metrics of your business
Becoming lean and mean
The 'lean' philosophy stated at Toyota - but can be (and should be) applied to any business. It is very simple - keep things flowing and avoid waste. Read more!
Lean Manufacturing and the Toyota Production System Success and Failure
The Toyota Production System has been a roaring success at Toyota, but much less effective in other locations. Several qualified sources explain this disconnect.

Toyota Brakes and Toyota White Gloves
Toyota, known as the king of quality must take immediate executive action regarding the reported brake problem!
The Toyota lesson, risk management and your business plan
Small business owners need to pay attention to the disastrous decision of Toyota to ask its suppliers to cut cost by 30% over the next three years. Most probably this is the reason for the acceleration nightmare issue surrounding many Toyota vehicles right now. Small entrepreneurs should learn from this and make a decision on their business ethics and management principles while writing or re-visiting their business plans. What is your standpoint on cost cutting – especially essential expenses? Be careful, as your attitude towards this important issue might result in great success or huge losses… or even failure!
Is the U.S. Government or a competitor in charge of the Congressional hearings involving Toyota
Today's Business Thought Leaders segment with author and industry expert Bill Michels was incredible. Of the several noteworthy observations Michels provided, his revelation that the current Congressional hearings regarding the Toyota recall has the Japanese manufacturer actually giving testimony before a competitor raises a number of red flags. The moment that the U.S. Government became a majority owner of General Motors through its $30 billion “investment,” hearings such as the one involving Toyota are no longer arms length. In short, if a conflict arose in a judicial hearing where the judge and the defendant had a similar-type relationship to the one between the U.S. Government and Toyota, the judge would have to step down in the interests of justice.

The New 8S System for Lean Manufacturing
This article will address the "missing" elements of the 5S system of process improvement. 5S became a pillar of the Toyota Production System (TPS) by Taiichi Ohno and others such as my mentor Shigeo Shingo.

Brand loyalty drives higher ROI and stock price
Given the direct impact of brand loyalty on ROI and stock price, where does that leave Toyota?
What can we learn from the Toyota crisis?
Since the Toyota recalls of recent months, quality experts are asking what happened and what can we learn from their mistakes.
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