The latest issue of Manufacturing News is filled with the usual supposed doom and gloom of U.S.-based manufacturing, with one notable exception.  We&#…

Those of you that watched the often mind numbing Republican debate last week were treated to at least one great line, when Rudy Giuliani said: And I…

Tyler Cowen over at Marginal Revolution has an interesting post regarding an article he penned for the Wilson Quarterly. The piece looks at how peopl…

Imagine there was a major, global company.  A company that used to make virtually all of their subassemblies within twenty miles of the final assembly…

We have spent a lot of time chastising companies that flee overseas in search of cheaper labor instead of working to reduce internal process waste.  T…

Parker Hannifin has long been one of my favorite real lean companies.  As a lucky shareholder, yesterday I received their annual report.  The very fir…

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

Once again, on the same day, we have an example of how some companies understand what lean is really about, and some don't.  Let's start with…