A core aspect of lean is execution, fast execution.  Ohno and Shingo often pushed their folks to just try new ideas and refine later instead of endles…

Bill Waddell is an independent lean manufacturing consultant and the author of Rebirth of American Industry. A leading lean practitioner for over 20 y…

Dan Markovitz is the founder and president of TimeBack Management.  As a trainer, he has worked with UBS, Merrill Lynch, American Express, AXA Equitab…

Kevin Meyer started the Superfactory website in 1997 as a simple list of manufacturing excellence resource links. The information portal grew tremendo…

This week's tour: Bridon America's wire rope factory.…

Remember those college days, a couple decades or more ago, when we visited the coin-op laundromat each week or so?  It's been a while.  But I stil…

Executive pay, especially so-called "excessive" executive pay, is once again getting quite a bit of press. Companies that receive bailout fu…

Pretty stunning figure, eh?  Also pretty easy to achieve, if we just think very slightly out of the box and make a commitment. Most people continue t…