Here is an attempt to add some sound and basic video editing to a presentation that I have given over the years. I am not including any video footage of myself in the presentation. For simplicity I am just adding audio and some effects to the presentation files and uploading it onto a video hosting site. This presentation runs about 41 minutes in length. FYI: there are a few ro...
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Month: June 2011
SEA CEO Conference
I was privileged to be invited to speak at the Supplier Excellence Alliance (SEA) Organization this week in Irvine California for their annual CEO conference. My topic dealt with some general advice regarding lean implementation and key points to keep in mind. Here is a link to the presentation file for those interested who attended the meeting or other interested parties.
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Patterns of Kaizen and A3 Thinking
Here is a presentation that I gave some time ago and uploaded onto the Slideshare.com website as an experiment. I'll try adding audio to the file at a later date.
Patterns Of Kaizen & A3 Thinking
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Lean Success
Art Smalley: Lean Success
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
We have discussed the topic of why so few companies really show substantial progress when it comes to lean implementation quite a few times on this web site. I won’t rehash all those t...
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Tools, Rules, Principles, and Lean Wallpaper
Art Smalley: Tools, Rules, Principles, and Lean Wallpaper
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
I have had a long and somewhat tortured fascination with regards to this topic and other similar questions. In terms of background when I returned to ...
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Toyota and Capital Investment
Art Smalley: Toyota and Capital Investment
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Sunday, March 20, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
In the previous post I responded to a question about capital investment and the Ohira plant of Central Motors (a Toyota affiliated company producing the Yaris) that is...
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Ohira Plant and Investment
Art Smalley: Ohira Plant and Investment
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Saturday, March 19, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
There are several parts to this question and I will probably break up my thoughts into two different posts on the topic of capital investment. The question asked perta...
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Always Room for Improvement
Art Smalley: Always Room for Improvement
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Monday, February 21, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued their release of the study performed in conjunction with NASA engine...
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Financial Benefits
Art Smalley: Financial Benefits
By Art Smalley, author of Creating Level Pull and co-author of A3 Thinking - Last updated: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - Save & Share - Leave a comment
Historically Toyota Motor Corporation has been a very profitable company over the past 60 years in what is generally a very cyclical business. Before its recent problems Toyo...
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