Every day I scan a variety of sources to find the latest news on manufacturing, especially lean manufacturing, so I can bring the best to our readers.…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll consider the question of "using more to use less." Earlier this week President Bush signed…

This week's announcment that Tom Tancredo is dropping out of the presidential race provides a timely reason to do a quick update on our "Best…

Once again we somehow predicted it over a year ago. This prescience is getting downright spooky, but at least we'll try to use this newfound power…

A couple years ago Boeing decided to sell the Wichita/Tulsa division of its Commercial Airplanes Group to Toronto-based Onex for $900 million, which r…

We often talk about the value of employees, and especially how many companies do not recognize that people are more than a set of hands assembling pro…

Exactly a year ago we told you how two small ski and sled companies had decided to outsource manufacturing to China. For their low volumes it just did…

Last week we commented in considerable detail on the supply chain woes at Boeing. Mike Bair, former 787 Dreamliner boss, had some rather damning comme…