Find Those Hidden Improvement Ideas
8 April 2005
How well do we tap the experience and creativity of our employees? When was the last time we asked for suggestions on how to improve our operations? M…
Download Lean Office PowerPoint Presentations
21 March 2005
As mentioned in a post a couple months ago, we have been working on a series of downloadable PowerPoint presentations on the various components of Lea…
Energy Efficiency, Water and Waste Reduction for Manufacturers
16 March 2005
The core of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Enterprise is a constant vigilance for opportunities to reduce waste. Although most of us focus on value strea…
Creating Basic Stability
15 March 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.…
The Fear of Change
15 March 2005
By Norman Bodek This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
The Power of Impossible Thinking
15 March 2005
I just finished reading The Power of Impossible Thinking by Jerry Wind and Colin Crook. Really an eye-opener. Drawing on the latest neuroscienti…
Manufacturing Economics - Notes from the World Economic Forum
14 March 2005
Julie Meyer, CEO of Ariadne Capital in London and who also happens to be related to your editor, recently attended the World Economic Forum in Davos.…
Automation More Disruptive Than Outsourcing?
13 March 2005
We're all aware of the potential effects of outsourcing, however a recent CNet article discusses how automation may become even more disruptive. R…