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...line. Continuous improvement constantly squeezes excess labor and material out of the manufacturing process: people and parts meet at the optimal moment. Kaizen is also about spreading what you've learned throughout the system. And then repeating it. It's the reason, for instance, that when Toyota assumed full control of the New United Motor Manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif., which it had co-owned with GM, it got way more productivity and quality out of it than GM could with essentially the same workforce and equipment. (See the most exciting cars...
...There's no sense in reinventing the wheel - going back to an industry in which every car demands a factory full of specific parts. But as the world's most famous automobile company has just demonstrated, if you're in the business of making cars, you'd better make sure your wheel works...
...about the sixth month, Nesi began experiencing panic attacks. Soon her intermittent anxiety evolved into full-blown depression. "I didn't want to get out of bed all day. I avoided people, kept crying a lot, didn't eat properly and even had second thoughts about having a baby," Nesi says. At Nesi's prodding, her obstetrician referred her to a psychiatrist, who suggested that she get back on a low dose of antidepressants. "It was a very difficult decision," says Nesi. "I spoke to my husband, and we finally decided that [taking antidepressants] was the right thing...
...What won't be so simple is restoring the faith and confidence in Toyota, which has allowed what might have been a containable problem to explode into a full-blown crisis by continually being a step behind in the management process. "I've never regarded Toyota as invincible, a company which never makes mistakes," Toyoda said on Tuesday. "However, when we do find something wrong, or when our customers point out problems, we have always made the adjustments to manufacture improved future products. And I'm very confident that we can continue to deliver the way we have...
House searches turned extremely violent. Suspected insurgents were beaten as a matter of course, with the full blessings and, in fact, insistence of some team leaders and squad leaders. Sergeants would egg the younger soldiers on, making fun of privates who didn't hit detainees hard enough...