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Bringing Toyota Close to Home

Your company need not be in the automotive industry to benefit from the principles of the Toyota Production System. Whether you're running a critical care unit, overseeing cross-country trucking operations or opening an art school, you can learn valuable lessons from the Toyota Production System. <br><br> We'll apply TPS in certain situations to bring some principles into focus. <br><br> <i> <u> Waste (muda) </u></i> <br><br> TPS frowns on waste. Waste happens when the wrong processes are employed and no one bothers to stop to solve the weaknesses and defects in a given process. Toyota promotes attention to detail not later but right away. If people prepare ahead of time and do their homework, the processes won't be wrong. As one writer jokingly said, the devil is in the preparation. Unfortunately, thorough preparation seems to be a tall order for many. <br><br> If you're running a health facility that provides critical care, what are some potential areas of waste? In a health care unit, supplies and equipment that are normally used first are stored in an area that takes five minutes to access. It could be the way the rooms were initially laid out, it could be due to lack of planning, it could be indifference on the part of health workers. If you were to run an efficient facility for the sole purpose of saving lives, shouldn't the urgent materials and equipment be within easy reach so that when ambulances transport people in need of immediate attention, no time is wasted by scrambling, getting the equipment up and running. <br><br> The same goes for your art school. While it makes for good publicity, why have an overstock of art supplies when your current enrolment dictates that not even 50% of these supplies will be used during the semester? When there's too much inventory on art paints, for example, the paints and watercolors will eventually dry out and won't be of much use for the next batch of students. <br><br> In the trucking industry and especially in light of high fuel prices, trucking routes can be organized in such a way that a truck does not have to go back and forth to the central to pick up merchandise. If a truck were to return to home base say three times a day to deliver merchandise to a different location each time, calculate the cost of the return trip in terms of travelling time, fuel consumption, and manhours. <br><br> If trucking routes were more organized, the same truck could do different deliveries by sticking to only one route without ever having to return to the central station. <br><br> <i> <u> Just in Time (JIT) </u></i> <br><br> Toyota created this popular phrase to promote the idea that materials should be moved and made available so that the next operation in the production cycle is not delayed. JIT of course can be applied to work places and situations other than in the manufacturing sector (getting to the church in time to be married is certainly only one of the thousands of examples). <br><br> Take the case of a public relations outfit. If you have a busy public relations practice where you have writers who work round the clock for hundreds of your clients, giving them too much work than they can handle overburdening them to be exact can lead to multiple delays. These multiple delays are illustrated in the example below: <br><br> Company A schedules a product launch. It needs a plethora of press releases. Your agency receives the mandate to do these press releases. You assign it to your favorite writer. This writer suddenly has a family emergency and cannot finish the press releases. Company A does not receive the press releases on time and has had to postpone whatever announcements were scheduled. In the meantime, the product has not been released to the market. This particular situation may seem unimportant compared to a massive car assembly line, but the consequences are just as serious. <br><br> When there's substantial writing to be done, you should not have your favorite writer do all the work just to impress your clients. Arrange it in such a way that each writer gets a fair share of the writing load, so that a promised deadline does not turn into an embarrassing negotiation for an extended deadline. By spreading the work, you give your other writers the chance to prove their talents. <br><br> <i> <u> Kaizen </u></i> <br><br> In <i> A Team Leader's Guide to Lean Kaizen Events</i> (<i> Breakthrough Performance Press, 2006) </i>authors William Wes Waldo, Tom Jones, Neil DeCarlo and Colin Moore focus on another Japanese concept Kaizen. The term is actually made up of two words: <i> kai</i> (change) and <i> zen</i> (good). <br><br> In their book, the authors begin with the premise that change is good. Good change, however, is better. Kaizen aims to break down the project mentality so that it motivates people to action. <br><br> We once worked in a distribution company where the Chief Executive Officer wanted to implement some changes in the product marketing section. The company was a successful distribution operation, thanks to an efficient product marketing team that had been doing the same tasks for many years with little deviation. When the CEO realized that changes were needed to bring back straying customers back to the fold, some key managers resisted these changes. When asked why, they refused to speak up. His instincts told him that change was inevitable and would bring back the thousands of customers it had lost. Someone argued that departing customers can always be replaced by new customers, but the chairman had a more benevolent nature and sincerely wanted to keep his old customers. <br><br> The CEO borrowed from the practices of lean manufacturing by appointing a Black Belt to oversee the change. Black belts and green belts were martial arts titles conferred by Motorola on some of its employees when it was eyeing the Malcolm Bridge National Quality Award. While not strictly an invention of the Toyota Production System the terms black belts and green belts would be a close equivalent of the work teams and participatory management that Toyota is known for. <br><br>

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About the Author

Peter Peterka is the Principal Consultant in practice areas of DMAIC and DFSS. Peter has eleven years of experience performing as a Master Black Belt, and has over 15 years experience in industry as an improvement specialist and engineer working with numerous companies, including 3M, Dell, Dow, GE, HP, Intel, Motorola, Seagate, Xerox and even the US Men's Olympic Team. For partial list look here. Peter is a certified a Master Black Belt and holds an MS degree in Statistics from Iowa State and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue. Peter worked for 3M over 10 years where he gained extensive experience applying Sigma Methodologies to a variety of processes.

Japanese watercolor of bird perched on a branch of a blossoming tree $19.99 Japanese watercolor of bird perched on a branch of a blossoming tree - Giclee Print

Watercolor $15.07 Watercolor

Artist Watercolor viridian 5 ml $8.52 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor sepia 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor silver 5 ml $8.52 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor umber 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor aureolin 5 ml $9.87 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor carmine 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor gold 5 ml $8.52 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor lilac 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor indigo 5 ml $6.37 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor lavender 5 ml $6.37 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor opera 5 ml $7.13 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor vermilion 5 ml $17.5 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Japanese Maple $1.59 This watercolor invitation features a gray and blue brushstroke background with intricate orange and red leaves. Bright white enclosure cards are available.

Japanese $10 Japanese

Artist Watercolor permanent alizarin crimson 5 ml $8.52 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent green 01 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent green 02 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent green 03 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent yellow deep 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent yellow lemon 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent yellow light 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor grey of grey 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor horizon blue 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor violet grey 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor viridian hue 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor yellow grey 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor yellow ochre 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor ivory black 15 ml $11.24 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor permanent yellow orange 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor Prussian blue 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor raw sienna 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

Artist Watercolor raw umber 5 ml $6.36 Holbein Artist's Watercolor is a European style transparent watercolor which also preserves the brush handling qualities inherent in traditional Japanese watercolor techniques. It may be re-wetted easily like a pan color. For this reason Holbein does not produce watercolors in pan form, but allows artists to create their own selection. Fill the wells of a suitable palette with the desired color selection. Permit to dry, the wet the color when needed. Holbein offers a 108-color range of moist transparent watercolor in both 5 ml and 15 ml tubes.

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