After having spent a little time in Mexico and down along the Arizona border lately I can sympathize with the Chinese having to explain, justify and r…

Regular readers know I have a strange habit of flying off to Hawaii on just a couple hours notice when I feel the need to clear the mind and refocus o…

127 days - 18 weeks - from now kicks off American Manufacturing Week. The week of October 2 -9 is when we celebrate the critical contribution manufact…

Economy of scale is great when you've got it. The problem comes when you try to create it out of thin air. That tunnel visioned pursuit of economi…

The one group that has been allowed to opt out of the lean transformation has been Sales & Marketing - and that is about to end. We have lean man…

There was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal a couple days ago chronicling human development and especially the rapid evolution of…

25 years ago Toyota and GM entered into a joint venture to produce small cars together. For GM it was an opportunity to learn about Toyota's produ…

One of my company's competitors, which will remain nameless so I don't create any more Google love for them, recently added a page on their we…