Watering Down a Spill of Unintended Consequences
1 August 2010
Regular readers know that a pet peeve of mine is the lack of true root cause analysis and long-term perspective by presumably well-intended but short-…
GM and Ford - Another Check on our Undesired Investment
24 July 2010
A couple of news items lately prompted me to take a look at my undesired investment, as a taxpayer, in General Motors. With a couple of very specific…
5S to Relax
23 July 2010
Over the last decade or so, perhaps as lean took root and oozed from my professional to my personal life, I've changed from wanting a larger house…
Enabling Brains
18 July 2010
I often talk about the importance of the oft-forgotten second pillar of lean manufacturing: respect for people. So many companies, usually driven by e…
Woollard's Eighteen Principles of Flow Production
15 July 2010
By Bob Emiliani This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Reflecting on the Lessons from Japan - Part 4
13 July 2010
This week I'm taking a little time to look back on the factories I toured in Japan nearly two years ago as part of the Gemba Research Japan Kaikak…
Is Labor a Significant Cost... Or Not?
12 July 2010
I've told you story after story of companies that have focused on improving internal efficiencies instead of globetrotting to chase low labor cost…
Reflecting on the Lessons from Japan - Part 3
11 July 2010
This week I'm taking a little time to look back on the factories I toured in Japan nearly two years ago as part of the Gemba Research Japan Kaikak…