One of my real jobs is running a medical device component manufacturer with a few hundred employees.  A fun job in a thankfully still-growing industry…

The first statement in yesterday's Wall Street Journal article summarized it well: Toyota Motor Corp.'s incoming president, Akio Toyoda, has…

Layoffs are rampant these days, but even so the negative consequences of this recession are taking shape differently than in the past.  So far. There…

Several readers have asked for more information on some of the lean manufacturing and business transformation thought leaders that we occasionally ref…

This week we visit a kite factory in Vietnam. Not just any kite!…

Each month new articles, book reviews, and other content are added to the Superfactory website. The new content is featured in the monthly e-newslette…

Yesterday at 5pm GM and Chrysler submitted their turnaround plans required as a result of accepting a partial bailout (oh, sorry, "loans") f…

It's always a pleasure to see an article make it's own point... especially when it is contradictory to the premise of the article itself.  Tak…