An Eventual Manufacturing Revival?
21 October 2006
The October 20th issue of Welling@Weeden, a newsletter circulated only to high impact institutional investors, has an interview of David Levy of the J…
Your Competition Just Got Smarter
20 October 2006
The 2006 annual conference of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence just wrapped up in Dallas. This was another record-setting conference, wit…
Evolving Excellence Makes U.S. News
17 October 2006
Regular readers know that we have a friendly (well, usually...) rivalry with the National Association of Manufacturers. NAM focuses on the regulatory…
Lean Business Wins a Nobel Peace Prize
13 October 2006
I was thrilled this morning when I learned that a banker, Muhammad Yunus, had unexpectedly won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. He isn't just any ban…
Tyranny of the Outsourcers
11 October 2006
Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…
Lean Advantage in a Flat World
7 October 2006
It’s not every day that I agree with Tom Friedman, but his October 6th column on Big Ideas and No Boundaries is pretty much right on the money. He ta…
Process Excellence Conundrums
5 October 2006
Earlier this week I flew to the other coast to be remotely sequestered with five or six of the most influential people in the lean world. For a variet…
Mis-Leveraged Outsourcing
4 October 2006
“The biggest leverage a manufacturing company has is the ability to outsource.” - Ivan Feinseth, Matrix USA I could almos…