[AT] Lean

[Stephen Offiler]

Roots of the Toyota Production System have nothing to do with racing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiichi_Ohno

SO

On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 12:27 PM Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com>
wrote:

> I have had various experiences with “Lean”. It worked well on oilfield
> units that had a production rate over 36 units per year. With smaller
> volumes like 3 or 4 units per year it mainly caused management
> frustration.
> Toyota uses this for there auto production, but probably got for there
> race car program.
>
> Dennis
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 30, 2019, at 7:28 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> 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> 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);
>> So which automotive companies in your estimation are not run by cabbage
>> heads?
>>
>> James AT List Member (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);
>> <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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