Bringing #GloryandDignity back to manufacturing. It’s an aspirational concept, one that you might not associate with manufacturing. We see it every day, though, through the companies that share their stories with us when they visit our facility or our colleagues at trade events.

Scrum Expert Nigel Thurlow of Toyota Connected, spent a day training Cambridge on the fundamentals of Scrum.

I recently visited Cambridge engineering to learn from their awesome team following their visit to Seating Matters in Ireland. We, too, are in manufacturing and wished to visit Cambridge to learn how they’ve implemented lean, developed their culture of respect and care for their colleagues and grown a successful business as a result.

The Lean Maniacs of Seating Matters Give the Cambridge Team an Unforgettable Tour.

Cambridge Took a team down to Toyota North American headquarters in Dallas to learn Scrum - The Toyota Way under the Chief of Agile, Nigel Thurlow. His passion and purpose coupled with Toyota’s Long history of excellence in the TPS is changing the world.

When Mr. Ritsuo Shingo - whose father developed the process of SMED (Single Minutes Exchange of Die; a literal translation) - visited Cambridge last week, we were treated to an overview of how the process was implemented to be part of the famed Toyota Production System. To watch a brief summary of his presentation to Cambridge employees and Lean tour guests, click here.