Article Japan Gemba Visit: Lean Thinking in Government – Part 3 lssc | May 10, 2017 In this third and final post in this series about Nakano City Ward Office (see Part 1 and Part 2), learn how General Services on the 1st floor Read More
Article Japan Gemba Visit: Lean Thinking in Government – Part 2 lssc | May 2, 2017 On the second part of my visit to Nakano City (see Part 1 and Part 3), I had a chance to visit two areas of the ward office to Read More
Article Japan Gemba Visit: Lean Thinking in Government – Part 1 lssc | April 19, 2017 Less than a month before my family wrapped up our time in Japan last June, Tim Wolput of Lean Japan Study Tours invited me to join him on Read More
Article Toyota Motors to help Japanese farmers be more efficient lssc | March 29, 2017 Toyota Motors Company is using its vast knowledge of production management systems and process improvements to help Japanese farmers handle their heavy workloads. Toyota will teach its “kaizen” Read More
