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  • Archive for April, 2009

    Lean Marketing House – The Pillars

    Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

    Above the foundation of the Lean House are the pillars. In a typical Lean House these pillars represent JIT, Jidoka(Quality) and Motivated People. This is from the Toyota Production System and they are actually in a certain order. Typically the middle pillar is described as the most important pillar and it is the one [...]

    The Toyota Lean House – Re-built for marketing

    Thursday, April 16th, 2009

    The “TPS house” diagram has become one of the most recognized symbols in modern manufacturing. A house was used because it is strong only if the roof, pillars, foundations are strong. A weak link weakens the whole system.

    I took the liberty of re-building the Toyota Lean house to what I believe is a great structure [...]

    Lean Marketing House Overview

    Sunday, April 12th, 2009

    Please review the Lean Marketing House diagram in a previous post or print it out to help you follow this post.
    When building a house you follow the same steps and principles as building a Lean Organization. The first step is building a strong foundation. I have changed the starting point by defining the Marketing vision [...]