Regulatory Muda
3 April 2006
As someone of Catonian persuasion, I have a general abhorrence to most regulations. I firmly believe that regulatory interference on a free market wil…
Submerging California
31 March 2006
Sometimes you just have to wonder about the thought processes in large companies. Actually I don't, as I used to work for a Fortune-50 medical dev…
TPS vs. Lean - Additional Perspectives
15 March 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.…
Over-Powered Lean Healthcare
12 March 2006
Pretty much every guy feels the need to own a disgustingly over-powered set of wheels at least once during his lifetime. Perhaps before the kids and t…
My, How Things Change!
11 March 2006
Five years ago life was pretty good. I had helped turn around a couple of medical device operations and had executed a rather successful turnaround of…
Investing in Shingo and Baldrige
10 March 2006
Most of us have heard the anecdote that "a majority of Baldrige Award winners have gone bankrupt." I don't know if that's true, but…
Lauren Gets It
9 March 2006
The February 20th issue of Rubber & Plastics News had a front-page article on the lean transformation at Lauren Manufacturing, a custom rubber ext…
Searching for the Meaning of...?
3 March 2006
I had a few minutes to spare so I checked the blog log and had a look at what search engine terms brought people to the blog today. There were a large…