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Brad Miller

@LeanKaizen

Professor at University of Houston Business - Lean Educator & Facilitator - I practice daily continuous improvement in all areas of life - recreational golfer

 Houston, TX
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Joined August 2014
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Toyota uses #monozukuri and #kaizen extensively in the new Toyota Memorial Hospital. Making processes simpler and better. #Lean #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/newscast/0…

NEWSCAST｜Kaizen Meets Healthcare at Toyota Memorial Hospital’s New Ward｜TOYOTA TIMES

The revamped Toyota Memorial Hospital is full of Toyota-style innovations and kaizen. Here, we offer a look at what lies inside and the journey to opening day. #TOYOTATIMES

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Research catching up with #Lean practice. Don't have a meeting. Let employees experiment ... and purposefully give them time to do it! #TwoSecondLean #Kaizen #WSJ wsj.com/articles/cancel-that…
Office Brainstorms Are a Waste of Time

Office Brainstorms Are a Waste of Time

Giving workers alone time could yield more innovation than getting everyone in a room, research shows.

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Companies are chasing productivity ... and WANT to use Lean. In this article, bravo to companies who (at least) are trying to copy Toyota. And booo to companies who are laying off workers and arbitrarily reducing budgets. #Lean #LeanInTheNews wsj.com/articles/the-boss-wa…
The Boss Wants to Make You More Efficient

The Boss Wants to Make You More Efficient

The time-consuming and pointless tasks companies can eliminate to boost our productivity… and save money.

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No @WSJ ... Firing people and taking away resources to force people to work harder is NOT #Lean Sparce, skimpy, scant, anemic, meager, inadequate ... maybe. But not Lean. #RespectForPeople
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Wits over Wallets Creativity before Capital #Toyota #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/series/rac…
SERIES｜#5 How Wits, Not Money, Led to a Pending Patent: Part 1｜TOYOTA TIMES

SERIES｜#5 How Wits, Not Money, Led to a Pending Patent: Part 1｜TOYOTA TIMES

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota’s first racing car from over 70 years ago. This fifth installment highlights the efforts of the ladder frame restoration team....

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Efforts have eliminated over 200 hours of night shift inefficiencies per year. #Kaizen #Lean #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/series/bey…
SERIES｜The Mystery Box Bringing Toyota’s Kaizen into Hospitals｜TOYOTA TIMES

SERIES｜The Mystery Box Bringing Toyota’s Kaizen into Hospitals｜TOYOTA TIMES

This is a series featuring Toyota's research in non-automotive fields, with the spotlight focusing this time on support for the work of hospital nurses. #TOYOTATIMES

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Toyota TPM #Lean #TPM #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/series/mas…
Toyota's reverse supply chain ... recycling old cars. #Lean #Toyota #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/spotlights…
SPOTLIGHTS｜Revealing Vehicle Recycling Processes—Your Cars Live on in Different Forms｜TOYOTA TIMES

SPOTLIGHTS｜Revealing Vehicle Recycling Processes—Your Cars Live on in Different Forms｜TOYOTA TIMES

How do you recycle 99% of a car that contains around 30,000 parts? Here we offer a peek into the world that awaits vehicles once their driving days are over. #TOYOTATIMES

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"If you can’t make cars, improve the workplace. Kaizen efforts could be seen throughout the plant." "Team members eliminated mistakes, creating videos of key procedures so inexperienced newcomers can easily grasp standard tasks." #Lean #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/toyota_new…
NEWS｜Struggles Inside Toyota’s Immobilized Plants ｜TOYOTA TIMES

NEWS｜Struggles Inside Toyota’s Immobilized Plants ｜TOYOTA TIMES

Customers are awaiting delivery, and workers are eager to make cars—a look at the pressures affecting Toyota’s production genba. #TOYOTATIMES

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Article includes descriptions and pictures of creative kaizen inside the #Toyota plant. #Lean #LeanInTheNews toyotatimes.jp/en/toyota_new…

NEWS｜Mixed Model Production and Carbon Neutral Efforts Take Motomachi Plant Into the Future｜TOYOTA...

The differences go beyond color—cars of various sizes and powertrains stream down the same production lines. Toyota Times looks at how genba expertise and ingenuity make it possible to handle...

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Isn't this the 2nd time Starbucks has attempted to use #Lean Improvement without addressing #culture #respectforpeople in a significant way? In response to worker complaints, execs used engineers to "improve operations & productivity?" #LeanInTheNews wsj.com/articles/starbucks-h…
Starbucks Is Rethinking Almost Everything, Including How to Make Frappuccinos

Starbucks Is Rethinking Almost Everything, Including How to Make Frappuccinos

Changing tastes and frazzled workers have prompted CEO Howard Schultz to press for a reset. Baristas are running experiments inside a technology lab at company headquarters. “We will design new...

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Using #Kaizen #Lean #LeanInTheNews bigthink.com/smart-skills/ka…

To make great changes in your life, follow the philosophy of kaizen

When we set insurmountable and unrealistic goals, it's easy to get demoralized and just give up. Kaizen offers us another (better) way.

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Student @UHBauerCollege demonstrates of One Piece Flow buy "building" ink pens. #OnePieceFlow beats #batch easily! This is one that "looks" like manufacturing and that you can easily try at home. #Lean youtu.be/zaGhmZRgWTg
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#DevelopingPeople Work Experience #OnePieceFlow Trust, Openness, #Visual Relationships #Lean hbr.org/2022/05/designing-wo…
Designing Work That People Love

Designing Work That People Love

Resignations are at an all-time high, and companies desperate to fill vacancies are trying everything from pay raises to trendy perks. But those interventions are falling short, because the real...

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Lean Is Futile If Customers Come Last industryweek.com/operations/…

Lean Is Futile If Customers Come Last

Are you cutting costs and ‘increasing efficiency’ at their expense?

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Just-In-Time Mastery Doesn’t Have To Give Way To Just-In-Case #Lean #LeanInTheNews #JIT chiefexecutive.net/just-in-t…
Just-In-Time Mastery Doesn’t Have To Give Way To Just-In-Case

Just-In-Time Mastery Doesn’t Have To Give Way To Just-In-Case

Toyota’s supply-chain leadership has stood up best to unprecedented challenge of microchip shortages, expert tells our Smart Manufacturing Summit.

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How about that? A big company uses #lean - and people are "impressed." Analysts like the cash flow, but I am hopeful for more performance gains in the future. #LeanInTheNews seekingalpha.com/news/381272…
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Wells Lamont plant awarded for improving efficiency #Lean #LeanInTheNews neshobademocrat.com/stories/…
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Go slow to go fast: A disciplined approach to growth #Lean #LeanInTheNews chicagobusiness.com/chicago-… via @crainschicago
Go slow to go fast: A disciplined approach to growth

Go slow to go fast: A disciplined approach to growth

It can be tough to intentionally slow down, particularly when we feel there’s always someone else willing to work harder. But there are diminishing returns. Instead, do less, but better.

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