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…
The More You Read...
26 February 2006
While in Michigan last weekend I picked up the Sunday edition of the Detroit Free Press, hoping for some local insight on the GM and Ford fiascos. I w…
Here We Go Again...
23 February 2006
Four more Delphi plants have won Shingo Prizes in 2006. This is on top of two in 2005, eight in 2004, four in 2003, five in 2002, two in 2000, and one…