Krista Schulte is the Assistant Director of Operational Excellence for the University of Michigan. She discusses her background, and how she is helping implement Lean in higher education. They also discuss an upcoming Lean in Higher Education conference in San Diego. She also describes what it was like having Jeffrey Liker as a professor when he was […]
Tim Turner worked at Toyota in Kentucky (TMMK) for 22 years, and has done a lot of work with nonprofits and not-for-profit organizations. He created the book, One Team on All Levels: Stories from Toyota Team Members In this podcast interview, he discusses his vast experiences and positions at Toyota, his perspective on servant leadership, […]
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In Louisville, Kentucky, Greg Fischer, businessman and Six Sigma Black Belt, became mayor in 2010. He initiated the transformation of public service through two strategic actions: LouieStat: An organizational performance review program that uses the total quality management approach of plan, do, check, act (PDCA) for problem-solving. Office of Performance Improvement (OPI): A centralized team […]
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In 2012, Louisville Metro setup a process improvement team to help solve problems within the city. Steve Pollock explains how he helped shift the internal improvement experts from reactive coaches to proactive consultants with a daily management system, in order to better engage with the different departments and agencies. They also reduced the lean training […]
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A partnership between Frankfort Toyota and the Toyota Christian Fellowship at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) came together to help Foster families prepare for the new school year. Their goal, provide 250 backpacks for local school children and distribute to families in surrounding communities. In the video, they established some documents to make sure the […]
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Volunteers from nearby Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK) helped build bicycles that were being donated to foster children in need. They setup an assembly line and simple conveyor system to make it easier and more streamlined. Check out the video below to learn more…
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The Louisville Metro Government identified the city’s Fleet Maintenance Yard as an area of opportunity for a “continuous improvement initiative”. For three months Toyota’s support center staff donated time and expertise to help make the changes happen, resulting in: 37% reduction in vehicle backlog 75% reduction in repair time The fleet repair team gained valuable […]
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Dedicated to continuously improving its operations, the City of Louisville invited Toyota (TSSC) to help upgrade its maintenance services for the city’s fleet of vehicles– reducing its backlog by 37% and cutting repair time by 75% in just two months.
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Non-profit organization Lex-Pro arranges work for people with disabilities. One of Toyota’s top executives appealed to Lexington business leaders Friday, asking them to offer not money but work to Lex-Pro. In January, Toyota setup a work cell inside their plant for Lex-Pro workers to perform sub-assembly work on exhaust brackets. An 11-person team rotates in […]
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