by dveech | May 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hi, I’m David Veech and this is Elevate your performance. Last week, I introduced the birth of the Quality Movement which followed W. Edwards Deming’s series of lectures with the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers in 1950. Today, I want to tease out a few more...
by dveech | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance. I’ve been making my way through the history of events and people who have shaped Toyota, enabling them to become the great company they are. It started with Sakichi Toyoda, who’s known in Japan as the King of...
by dveech | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance I’ve been focusing these past couple of months on the historical activities that got manufacturing and business to where we are today. I’ve been focused on Toyota lately because of the impact they...
by dveech | May 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate your Performance. Post WWII, Japan was under the control of the US Military. Our objectives were to remove war-making capability from Japan, and to restore it’s economy so it can rejoin the world in open trade. Dozens of measures...
by dveech | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m David Veech and this is elevate your performance. Sorry about the long break. I had knee replacement surgery for my left knee and the recovery isn’t going as smoothly as I’d like. It’s going well, but I’m in a hurry and some things you just can’t rush along....