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.…
Root Cause - Contain It First
10 December 2005
I enjoy conducting training on root cause analysis because it's one of those areas where the production employees often "get it" before…
Carnival of Lean Leadership - December 2005
10 December 2005
Welcome to the fourth Carnival of Lean Leadership. There's a lot of material to cover this time, so we'll get right to it... The highlight of…