Where's Ralph?
22 July 2006
Telecommuting and the virtual office have been around for many years. Oftentimes the barriers to implementing telecommuting are managers so short-sigh…
What? No Whining?
19 July 2006
A couple days ago Jim Press, President of Toyota Motor North America, gave a talk to the National Press Club in Washington. He talked about the histor…
Lean and Green
18 July 2006
Organic cucumbers, vegetarians, global warming... and lean manufacturing. An unlikely combination? Not in the latest issue of Grist Magazine, which pr…
Where Did I Put That Crystal Ball?
15 July 2006
I was going through some old files earlier today and came across a letter to the editor from yours truly that was published in Business Week... on Oct…
Dr. Shigeo Shingo's P-Course and Contribution to TPS
15 July 2006
By Art Smalley This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Forget Six Sigma, Just Innovate!
11 July 2006
CNN/Fortune (not to be confused with CNN/Business2.0, CNN/Money, CNN/Time... apparently CNN doesn't do original content anymore) has an online art…
A Duel at NAM - and Both Sides Miss the Mark
10 July 2006
The July 7th issue of Manufacturing News has a lengthy article on a schism taking place within the National Association of Manufacturers. We've wr…
Much Ado About Shingo and Ohno
8 July 2006
Those of you that subscribe to the monthly Superfactory e-Newsletter have probably been following an interesting debate in the Historical Persective s…