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Lean Directions Article by Fred Harriman

The E-Magazine for the SME dedicated to Lean Manufacturing is Lean Directions. The December 2006 issue has an article written by yours truly on creating Kaizen Culture. To take a look, click here.

Artículo de Fred Harriman en Lean Directions

La revista electrónica de la SME (la Sociedad de Ingeniería de Fabricación) que se dedica a la Manufactura Esbelta se llama Lean Directions. La edición de diciembre de 2006 tiene un artículo en español de un servidor sobre cómo crear una cultura de kaizen. Para leerlo haga un click aquí.

"Moonshining" was a term coined among the early pioneers of the Toyota Production System as "MITSU-ZO" in Japanese. Those who used their own ingenuity and understanding of a process to make their own equipment without going to catalogs and paying for bells and whistles had to "proove" their design before letting their managers know about it. The clandestine nature of the activity reminded them of brewing liquor illegally: "MITSU-ZO." When Kaizen was brought to the US in the late 80's a translation was sought: Moonshine. Here are some articles about US companies and the Moonshine method.

Danaher

http://www.designnews.com/article/CA387458.html

Danaher & HON

http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/find-articles.pl?&04mam006&ME&20040301&PUBME-66.249.64.28&SME&

Boeing

http://www.diecastaircraftforum.com/archive/index.php/t-7795.html
http://www.qualitydigest.com/aug03/news.shtml
http://www.mrotoday.com/mro/archives/Cover%20stories/BoeingFM2002.htm
http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2003/february/i_ca3.html
http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2005/october/i_ca4.html