If you've been involved with lean manufacturing for a while you have probably started to see some discussion on "training within industry&quo…

One of the highlights of our trip to Belize last week was going out to the barrier reef, the second largest in the world.  Getting there required an h…

Today's issue of Manufacturing News has a couple of articles on U.S. furniture manufacturers "succumbing to cheap imports."  Two specifi…

I'm back.  Eight days at the Roberts Grove Inn in Placencia, Belize.  Snorkeling on the world's second largest barrier reef, wandering around…

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal ran an article (subscription only) on the way that Home Depot, in the wake of CEO Bob Nardelli's depart…

While poking around for an online source for the Global Intelligence Briefing for CEOs post last week, I came across another article by Herbert Meyer…

The January issue of The McKinsey Quarterly has an article titled What's on CIO Agendas in 2007.  Guess what the top two trends are from an inform…

Over the last couple years we've told you about some clothing manufacturers that are embracing lean manufacturing methods.  American Apparel is ab…