Merck is Looking LAME
20 January 2008
Merck has always been one of my favorite companies as it has developed effective vaccines for diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps, bacterial pneu…
Companies in the News
18 January 2008
I've been collecting some short news items on companies embarking on the lean manufacturing journey, so here are some recent blurbs to clear out t…
21... And Hopefully Counting
18 January 2008
I'm asking for it by writing this post. I know I'll regret it, but I need to brag and tempt fate a bit. There have been a multitude of stori…
Boeing's Woes Continue
16 January 2008
We've talked a lot about Boeing over the last few years, from deriding the supply chain convolutions that created the need for Rube Goldberg contr…
Lean Healthcare
15 January 2008
By Mark Graban This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Lean and Green Summit
14 January 2008
Superfactory is proud to be one of the sponsors of the first Lean and Green Summit, to be held this July 17th in Boulder, Colorado. Lean manufacturin…
Developmental Efficiency
12 January 2008
There's yet another new startup company trying to create yet another super-efficient replacement for the run of the mill automobile. This company,…
Leadership as a Product
12 January 2008
Last week USA Today ran an article describing how a relatively small group of companies have spawned a preponderance of CEO's. One in every…