Lean Manufacturing in the Home - Some New Year's Resolutions
31 December 2005
I'm sure I'm not unique in the world of lean manufacturing professionals in that I return from the office every evening and see lean opportuni…
A Lean Look at Task Management
29 December 2005
How effective are you at juggling multiple tasks? What is the effect of irrelevant tasks on value-added activities? A hat tip to Management Craft and…
Are Employees Really Your Most Important Asset?
27 December 2005
"Employees are our most important asset." How many company value/vision/mission statements include that? I would guess over 90%... of the c…
Keep an Eye on Iraq
25 December 2005
Over the past several months I’ve noticed an increasing amount of Superfactory activity originating from Iraq. Several university students have reques…
Are Houses Next?
24 December 2005
Yesterday Bill had a post regarding a comment from Kathleen Fasanella of the Fashion-Incubator blog. In her comment Kathleen mentions "... it rem…
The Importance of Giving Back
18 December 2005
It is probably no coincidence that this time of the year brings thoughts of charity and giving back to the world. As the result of some family medical…
A New Must-Read Book - From Our Own Bill Waddell
17 December 2005
Over the past several months you've probably enjoyed Bill Waddell's hard-hitting posts on this blog as much as I have. His propensity to chall…
TPS vs. Lean and the Law of Unintended Consequences
15 December 2005
By Art Smalley This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…