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…

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…

I know that the following data comes as no surprise to the lean manufacturing community. I apologize for telling you what you most certainly have alre…

Everyone seems hell bent on cost reduction, most often without regard for the kind of costs they are trying to reduce. For that matter, they are too o…

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…

After more than a few years in and out of manufacturers on the lean journey - and especially after launching my 1Day Assessment tool - I have learned…

It's starting to be a trend... a good one for a change. Companies rethinking their outsourcing strategy after realizing how traditional accounting…

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 penning some rants. It…