[AT] Big Truck Pickups

[Mark Johnson]

A former employer (3-letter IT company with a 100+ year history, 
otherwise to remain nameless) has been trying to apply TPS to 
information technology services. Its NYSE stock price should tell you 
how successful they have been...

Mark J

Columbia, MO

On 11/30/2019 7:27 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> Absolutely. The Toyota Production System (TPS) is studied around the 
> world and applied in every imaginable industry as "Lean Manufacturing" 
> and in service industries like hospitals as simply "Lean".
>
> I have a couple decades of experience with Lean Mfg. and I would count 
> myself as a proponent although I've also seen some of the Achilles' 
> Heels.  It is a very collaborative system at its core, and won't work 
> well unless the entire workforce is engaged.  In short what I'm saying 
> is that I cannot imagine a UAW shop embracing Lean.
>
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 7:42 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Toyota does a really good job at controlling the manufacturing
>     process. Not so good at the attractive design process.  Toyota
>     refused an offer to take GM for free in the 2008 GM bankruptcy.
>     That was an extremely wise decision. Everything necessary to make
>     GM work well would have been politically unpopular.
>
>     Remember, Toyota can manufacture cars and trucks in the US using
>     Americans and make money. There may be more.
>
>     Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer
>     (soffiler at gmail.com <mailto:soffiler at gmail.com>); So which
>     automotive companies in your estimation are not run by cabbage heads?
>
>     James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>); They have cabbage heads running
>     Ford as well. The recent Ranger is far less attractive than the
>     one that preceded it.
>
>     Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer
>     (soffiler at gmail.com <mailto:soffiler at gmail.com>); <snip> I've paid
>     so little attention to the return of the Ranger that I barely
>     could tell you it exists.  <snip>
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