There are a number of great posts about this Toyota recall that can serve as a learning experience for us all so I have chosen to highlight several of these in the special Lean Roundup.
Learning From Toyota's Stumble – Steven Spear says you can learn from
Toyota Stops Lines -Lots of Lines – John Hunter talks about
Toyota pulls The Big Andon Cord, Finally – Kevin Meyer highlights the historic action by
A New Critical Japanese Lean Term Oushikuso – Bill Waddell reminds us that excellent manufacturing in complicated and can't be copied from
Just How Low has Toyota Sunk – Bill Waddell talks about the failure of
Former Toyota Quality Manager's Thoughts on Historic Recall – Jon Miller talks with former
We Learn Nothing From History – Jon Miller talks about VW aim to surpass
The Impact of Toyota's Quality Problems on Lean Healthcare – Mark Graban talks about how
What Are Your Thoughts About Toyota's Situation? – Ron Pereira shares his thoughts on
Don't Let The Door Hit You in the Ass – Ron Pereira talks about why he is not jumping off the Lean bandwagon.
What Can We Learn From The Toyota Recall? – Paul Cary shares some lessons to learn from the
The Biggest, Most Public Line Stop Ever – Joe Ely writes about the reasoning for line stops and what is probably occurring at
The Pig Pile on Toyota – TWI talks about gaining up on
Spear Discusses Toyota's Ability to Recover from Recalls: Video - Steven J. Spear, of MIT, speaking about
Wall Street Journal Comments on How Lean Can Back Fire – Tom Southworth states that
The Toyota Recall, Satisfaction and Value – Six Sigma IQ talks about the impact of
It's Not the Crisis; It's How You Respond To It – John Shook shares his thoughts on the Toyota Recall.
What is to be learned from Toyota now? – Tom Ehrenfeld raises the question about learning from this mishap at
Toyota Recall and the Lean Movement – Jeff Liker shares his thoughts on companies needed to continue Lean despite
A heroic "line stop" or has Toyota lost its way? – Michael Balle talks about what he has learned from
Still Lots to Learn from Toyota – Art Smalley answers the question about what can be learned from
Learning Beyond Toyota – Daniel Jones shares thoughts on ways lean thinking goes beyond modern management.
What Did Toyota Lose Sight Of? – Mike Rother says the
Toyota Bashing – Gregg Stocker talks about Lean, CEO visibility, and politics in the wake of
Womack Says Toyota Needs to Engage Public Over Recall: Video – Jim Womack, chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman and Matt Miller about Toyota Motor Corp's handling of its vehicle recalls.
What is Going On With Toyota? - Hall Macomber answers the question of what Toyota is doing and what improvements they will likely make from this recent recall issue.
Toyota Recall - Paul Cary talks about standardization, the recall, and how Toyota will be better for this problem.
Learn from the Right Mistakes - Bill Waddell writes about Toyoda's plan for resolving Toyota's quality problem and questions if they will learn the right lesson.
Thanks for the nice summary of posts. Much appreciated. It's surprising to me that people are throwing the manufacturing system under the bus for something that's a product development, service, and management problem.
ReplyDeleteGreat service, Tim! Thanks. I agree with Mark.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the summary Tim. That's quite a list.
ReplyDeleteI have been resisting writing about the Toyota case because so little is actually know about the defect itself, and cause and effect isn't clear. But I have been getting enough questions about it. I don't think this changes anything about Toyota's success. They still have dramatically fewer recalls than others. And of course no one that knows lean would say they were anything close to perfect.
I did write up some of my thoughts and lessons in observing the story on my blog here: http://jamieflinchbaugh.com/2010/02/the-fall-of-the-mighty-toyota/