American Apparel - More Value From Waste
5 September 2009
One of our favorite companies, American Apparel, is at it again. A hat tip to Peter for apparently browsing their online catalog to find this new pro…
More Lean Haircuts
4 September 2009
By Kevin Meyer A couple years ago I made a valiant attempt to draw some vague link between haircuts and lean. Basically the time it takes to go thro…
Whirlpool Evansville Dies the Unnecessary but Expected Death
3 September 2009
By Kevin Meyer We’ve been following the story of Whirlpool’s Evansville refrigerator factory for several years. Back in August of 2006 we told you ab…
Bashing Suppliers - The Video
2 September 2009
Kathleen Fasanella over at Fashion Incubator sent me the following video in response my post this morning on Bashing Suppliers Into Submission. She&#…
Bashing Suppliers Into Submission
1 September 2009
You would think that one of the lessons from the destruction of Ford, GM, and Chrysler (ok, GM and Chrysler) would be that you can't beat up your…
NCR Retreats from Outsourcing
30 August 2009
By Kevin Meyer It's starting to be a trend... a good one for a change. Companies rethinking their outsourcing strategy after realizing how tradi…
Kona Recharge
29 August 2009
By Kevin Meyer Yes I know I’ve been a bit absent lately. Sorry about that. Somehow the real job… jobs... passions… keeps getting in the way of pennin…
Factory Tour of the Week: A.R.E. Truck Caps
22 August 2009
Thanks to regular reader Mike for recommending these two factory tour videos of A.R.E. Truck Caps. Here's Part 1: And Part 2:…