Dude, It's a Supply Chain Wipeout!
16 April 2007
What would you do if the sole source for your most critical component of your only product suddenly decided to shut down? Look for a tall building? Fi…
Sustaining Lean: The Steering Committee
15 April 2007
By Don Kivell This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
The Persistance of the Current State
15 April 2007
By Bob Emiliani This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
Stop Complaining and Start Competing
13 April 2007
Many of us read the biweekly Manufacturing and Technology News for an inside scoop on American manufacturers and the political and regulatory struggle…
Lean Healthcare Improvements
12 April 2007
Leave it to the South Africans to write one of the best articles I've seen detailing some examples of lean healthcare success in the United States…
Boeing's Bratwurst Gone Bad
12 April 2007
We've told you before about the Rube Goldberg contraptions Boeing is building to handle their supply chain convolutions. Monster planes creat…
The Value of a Potty Break
12 April 2007
Lean-oriented folks like us are ingrained with a mentality to look at all activities in terms of whether they add value to the customer. As a result o…
Learning Lean: Industry Needs
10 April 2007
A few weeks ago several of us participated in a study by Gene Fliedner and Kieran Mathieson of Oakland University. The researchers were attempting to…