And now for the most ridiculous item of the day... The U.S. Patent Office approved the trademark "Lean Procurement(TM)," a strategic servic…

No, not news about lean, but lean applied to the news business and specifically newspaper publishing.  Today's Wall Street Journal has a couple le…

Yesterday I told you about the panel discussion on Onshoring: Domestic Manufacturing as a Competitive Advantage that I moderated at Kellogg's Manu…

Today I had the privilege of participating in the Manufacturing Business Conference, which is an annual event put on by Northwestern’s Kellogg School…

A couple days ago there was an interesting post on Clark Ching's blog, which focuses on theory of constraints topics.  He was quoting another guy,…

5S isn't just for screwdrivers and hammers anymore. Some people see 5S as just a matter of physical cleaning and organization of one's worksp…

Two months ago we told you about Columbia Aircraft, which announced it was laying off employees in order to implement lean manufacturing methods.  Of…

It's rather rare that I write about books I've read or recommend, but this is an appropriate occasion. Gemba Press is now shipping Workplace…