Comments on: Dell cuts jobs: even supply chain leaders can fail http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/06/dell-cuts-jobs-even-supply-chain-leaders-can-fail/ A closer look at the supply chain Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Martin Arrand http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/06/dell-cuts-jobs-even-supply-chain-leaders-can-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Martin Arrand Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:53:06 +0000 http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/?p=38#comment-26 Thanks for the response Mark. I'd agree that Toyota are involved in something rather more subtle than "doing lean" - after 60 years developing their business philosophy and its application they are in a very different place from those who are trying to "lean" their businesses from scratch right now... Thanks for the response Mark.

I’d agree that Toyota are involved in something rather more subtle than “doing lean” – after 60 years developing their business philosophy and its application they are in a very different place from those who are trying to “lean” their businesses from scratch right now…

]]> By: Mark Graban http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/06/dell-cuts-jobs-even-supply-chain-leaders-can-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Mark Graban Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:09:26 +0000 http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/?p=38#comment-25 Nice post! As for Toyota being "lean"and losing to a competitor... I think Toyota defines "lean" in terms of business success. They aren't "doing lean", they are running their business (and they happen to use methods we, on the outside, call lean). Toyota is going for business success, not for lean success. Really, they go hand in hand. Nice post!

As for Toyota being “lean”and losing to a competitor… I think Toyota defines “lean” in terms of business success. They aren’t “doing lean”, they are running their business (and they happen to use methods we, on the outside, call lean).

Toyota is going for business success, not for lean success. Really, they go hand in hand.

]]> By: Supply Chain View » Dell job cuts fuel Lean debate http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/2007/06/dell-cuts-jobs-even-supply-chain-leaders-can-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Supply Chain View » Dell job cuts fuel Lean debate Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:31:59 +0000 http://www.supplychainview.com/blog/?p=38#comment-22 [...] posting a couple of days ago about the announcement of job cuts at Dell, I have noticed that this has already become a hot topic on the Lean [...] [...] posting a couple of days ago about the announcement of job cuts at Dell, I have noticed that this has already become a hot topic on the Lean [...]

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