The piece I wrote last week concerning the elite Eastern colleges and their misguided stranglehold on the American economy raised a bit of a stir, inc…

In this week's edition of 5 Questions we meet Jim Huntzinger. ----- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current lea…

Whether it is talking to a group of company executives, speaking before a local APICS chapter, or writing the blog, there is an ever present challenge…

The time has finally arrived for Gemba Academy to officially open its doors for enrollment. Gemba Academy offers high-end online video training. To g…

1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current lean-oriented activities? I'm Kathleen Fasanella author of The Entrepre…

By Terence Burton This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012…

A fact that the lean community has known for a long time is beginning to dawn on the rest of the world ... that there are two kinds of companies in th…

I began re-reading today the classic book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production by Taiichi Ohno. As I was perusing Ohno’s Preface I…