The Real Manufacturing Story of the Day
23 January 2006
Before the week is out, we will all be inundated with whatever destruction Ford plans to wreak on manufacturing when their restructuring plans are rol…
The Most Pathetic Lean Story Ever Told
19 January 2006
Author's Note: I have been contacted by Mr. Ed Pelshaw and he has advised me that (1) he stands by the facts reported by himself, the Florida MEP…
News From India, Detroit and Other Exotic Places
18 January 2006
Something is going on with a few lean companies in India that bears keeping an eye on. The greatest fear American manufacturers have - or at least the…
They Got It All Figured Out In Iowa
12 January 2006
The Fortune list of the 100 best companies to work for includes Pella, a company I have mentioned as being pretty lean a few times over the last few m…
Temporary Insanity
11 January 2006
A week and a half ago, Kevin Meyer wrote a piece called "Are Employees Really Your Most Important Asset?" in which he expanded on some of th…
Putting Perfume On A Pig
10 January 2006
A veritable 'Who's Who' of great American thinkers who, well, think great things, I guess, got together in Washington a while back under t…
Waddya Mean by 'Failure'
4 January 2006
Jon Miller from Gemba Panta Rei and Karen Wilhelm from SME, a couple of very good lean thinkers and bloggers from whom I learn a lot, reacted to my &#…
Pogo Was Talkin' About Me
3 January 2006
What do you say we make a New Year's resolution - all of us in the lean community - that we (especially me) spend a lot more time in 2006 looking…