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Weighing
in on Toyota
It seems that everyone has an opinion of Toyota and
their recent problems. Many pundits point to how "lean" has
failed. Has it? Or did Toyota fail the very principles of
the Toyota Production System?
An
Industry Week article titled
Experts: Don't Blame Lean Manufacturing for Toyota's
Problems
addresses the issue. Read it and send your thoughts to Lean
Accounting News editor,
Tonya Vinas.
Former Toyota employee and recognized lean authority, Pascal
Dennis, will take feedback and comment in an upcoming
edition of Lean Accounting News.
Full Article
The Lean
Management System: Grow Your Business with Lean Accounting
Webinar Series
Nick
Katko of BMA, inc. will conduct a series of webinars in
March. Each session can be purchased separately or the
entire week of sessions can be purchased as a group. Learn
more by visiting BMA's website...
www.maskell.com/webinars.html
Day 1: Overview of the Lean Accounting System
March 15, 2010, 9AM and 2PM
Learn the key ideas of lean Accounting and the architecture
for the lean management system. Develop a "go forward"
vision to jump start your company on the road to lean
management.
Day 2: Performance Measurements.
March 16, 2010, 9AM and 2PM
Explore the reasons why Lean performance Measurements are
crucial to managing a lean company. Lean about the BMA
"Starter set" and get tools you can apply immediately to
developing your company's value stream performance
measurements.
Day 3: Lean Cost Management.
March 17, 2010, 9AM and 2PM
Explore the reasons why lean manufacturing needs a new way
to account for value stream costs. Lean what a lean cost
management system looks like and how it works. Practice
setting up your own company's value stream income statement.
Day 4: VS Capacity & Decision Making.
March 18, 2010, 9AM and 2PM
Explore how to analyze capacity, how to use value stream
capacity and how to use the box score to make good lean
business decisions. You will practice decisions making using
typical scenarios most companies encounter.
Day 5: Lean Controls & Transaction Elimination.
March 19, 2010, 9AM and 2PM
Explore the waste created by transaction tracking. Take a
deep look at how to link your efforts to reduce this waste
to strategic objectives. Examine examples of transaction
elimination strategies.
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