Toyota's Dénouement
15 September 2009
By Bob Emiliani This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
You Can Lead a Horse... Even Horses...
13 September 2009
Greg Gardner's article in the Detroit Free Press the other day had some hidden insight into why the NUMMI experiment did nothing for GM... and why…
Sunday News - Ford's Mulally and the US Postal Service
13 September 2009
The Sunday Parade Magazine newspaper insert, of all rags, had a couple tidbits to ponder this morning. Sandwiched between silly celebrity gossip and w…
Slowdown, Honda Style
9 September 2009
Take a step back in time, just a few months before the bailout and cash for clunkers distorted the market by stimulating the demand for foreign autos,…
Trickling Back
7 September 2009
A couple months ago I told you how GE’s Jeff Immelt was singing a new tune on the glories of outsourcing. A rather radical new tune, which raised the…
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 prod…
More Lean Haircuts
4 September 2009
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 through that morning…
Whirlpool Evansville Dies the Unnecessary but Expected Death
3 September 2009
We’ve been following the story of Whirlpool’s Evansville refrigerator factory for several years. Back in August of 2006 we told you about one round of…