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On Kaizen Events and Other Oxymorons


Yesterday, we aired a webcast on Lean Six Sigma in pharma. Click here to view. 

From 'On Pharma'

Toyota NUMMI: Optimism at the dawn of a new era?


Last month, I visited a Toyota plant for the first time, the fabled NUMMI plant in Fremont, California.  The factory has fallen on harder times:  production stopped on some lines in December.  

From 'On Pharma'

Walking the Talk and Managing to Learn: Can Pharma Leaders Apply Toyota's Concept of A3?


Another day, another new Industrial Engineering concept, Japanese vocabulary word, or other helpful (or confusing) tidbit that might be applicable to pharma. 

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