The Patois of the Toyota Production System

Phil Ledbetter MAY 11, 2020 A guided walk through 8-Step Problem Solving Toyota has a unique cultural language. It’s called 8-Step Problem Solving. It’s the “patois” of the Toyota Production System (TPS). The patois is the dialect of the common people of a region, differing in various respects from the standard language of the rest…

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A Lesson in Continuous Improvement: Graphic Packaging Leadership Team Makes Face Masks for Employees

After identifying the steps in the process to create masks, the team time studied and balanced the tasks across five different workstations. Curt Knoll MAY 06, 2020 Life has changed for many of us in a way we never thought possible. A year ago, President Trump and Kim Jung-un had their long-awaited summit. Dozens were charged…

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Welcome to the new age of technology?

IDG TECHTALK VOICES By Sue Weston, CIO | MAY 6, 2020 4:46 AM PDT I overheard a conversation which began with “When life returns to normal…” and I wondered, why? Rolling back time, returning to the good ol’ days, would we forget the amazing breakthroughs we made?  The COVID-19 crisis changed our way of thinking, forcing us to focus…

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Digital KPIs: Your keys to measuring digital transformation success

By Clint Boulton Senior Writer, CIO | APR 22, 2020 3:00 AM PDT Ask a CIO how he or she quantifies the impact of their digital transformations and you may get a quizzical look. Most CIOs don’t have metrics for gauging the success of digital projects, such as new mobile apps or chatbots. But CIOs who fail to quantify these initiatives…

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6 habits of digital transformation leaders

April 18, 2020 By EY.com Companies investing more in new technology make more money. Here’s why, and how you can accelerate your digital transformation. Our latest research finds that companies that excel at digital transformation share six habits. Digital transformation leaders that exhibit these six habits enjoy better financial performance than companies that have yet…

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To weather a crisis, build a network of teams

By Andrea Alexander , Aaron De Smet, Sarah Kleinman, and Marino Mugayar-Baldocchi Imagine you are a tenured CEO of a company. You have led your organization through many adverse events.  You have followed a playbook, and moved to a “command and control” style to address the cascading effects of various perils. But now you’re dealing with a…

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Bringing up Baby, the Lean and Agile Way

Stuck at home during a pandemic? Put your process expertise to use. Eric Arno Hiller APR 17, 2020   Coronavirus has changed a lot of things in America—especially in urban areas, where there are heightened precautions. It is even more chaotic when you have your first newborn baby, like my wife and me. Babies are…

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How AI is transforming retail

The Digital CIO By: Zeus Kerravala, CIO Before the coronavirus hit, consumer expectations were already changing and creating challenges in the retail industry. And CIOs, who historically had little to do with developing new customer experiences, were increasingly being tasked with driving innovation. To deliver Amazon-like here-and-now products and services and build brand loyalty, they…

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Learning Lessons in Uncertain Times

Change management and lean, your time is now. Jill Jusko APR 06, 2020 We are living through some crazy, challenging and uncertain times. I am sitting here working from home because, like many of you, in the wake of COVID-19 our company is doing what it can to ensure employee safety and has encouraged us…

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Toyota shares its ‘secret sauce’ to help D-FW nonprofits do more

By Sabrina Corsiga10:00 AM on Aug 30, 2019 Deep inside Toyota’s North American headquarters in Plano, there is a small group of dedicated professionals with a specific set of skills. Their sole purpose? To share Toyota’s “secret sauce” with society. This 16-person team, called the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC), shares Toyota’s culture of empowering…

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