In Pursuit of Profitable Growth
15 October 2006
By Bill Gaw This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012. I…
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 banke…
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 tal…
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 almost end the post without comme…
GM Execs Need More Hummers
28 September 2006
That really was the headline of a recent CNN article... I'm not talented enough to make that stuff up. (Update: CNN apparently didn't find it…
Myopic Mis-focus
27 September 2006
I try hard to avoid picking on NAM. Really I do. But sometimes banging my head against the wall just doesn't relieve the frustration with an organ…