Dov Charney's American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies.  Here's a guy who has figured out how to profitably manufacture lo…

Motorola used to be the marvel of six sigma success.  Now that once admired company is in a world of hurt. The Schaumburg, Ill., equipment maker has…

Karen Wilhelm over at Lean Reflections had a great post on Saturday discussing Paul Polak's book Out of Poverty.  I always enjoy Karen's thoug…

This doesn't have much to do directly with lean manufacturing, but I often use Fridays to blather about other topics I find personally interesting…

Retailers are getting fed up with increasing return rates for their products.  Widescreen TV's bought just for the Super Bowl and then returned.…

Evolving Excellence has the honor of putting together this edition of the Management Improvement Carnival.  Past editions can be viewed here. * True…

Against their own initial opinion, the Transportation Security Administration is testing a new method for queueing airport security lines. In an effo…

Here we go again... US worker productivity unexpectedly accelerated in the first quarter and helped curb inflation as companies showed no loss of out…