--- In [email protected], "htshozawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it's more than just IT culture at Toyota - it's the company > culture. > > H.Ozawa >
Agreed. I observed in an earlier thread that research I did a few years ago into ERP failures pinpointed human factors as the most important in contributing to failure. Technology has an important factor in common with money that people easily overlook - each is just a means to an end, never usefully an end in itself. This does not just apply to computing/IT - it is also true of other technology-dependent areas such as war-making. Gervas > --- In [email protected], Eric Newcomer > <e_newcomer@> wrote: > > > > What stuck me recently was reading about Toyota and their lean > manufacturing process. The article mentioned how well documented the > Toyota process is, yet how hard it has been for their competitors to > match it. The article implied the Toyota folks knew exactly how hard > it would be for another company to institute the necessary discipline > to match what they have done. > > >
