Earlier this week we discussed the myth of manufacturing productivity, and how the number may not account correctly for reduced labor resulting from s…

The wife and I are going to spend a nice quiet Christmas a couple hours up the coast in Carmel.  In the meantime, how about sharing the joys of manufa…

The title of this post does not adequately convey my frustration, and outright anger, at the idiots that give lean a bad name.  Our friend Dan Markovi…

Be forewarned, this has nothing to do with lean manufacturing.  Several of our blogger friends are engaged in a game of "blog tag," where we…

We harp a lot, including yesterday, on American manufacturers that believe subsidies and trade barriers are necessary in order to compete globally.  S…

Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…

The Business and Media Institute is out with it's list of the Top Ten Economic Myths of 2006 report, which includes all sorts of fun subjects like…

If you've been involved with lean for a while you have probably started to see some discussion on "training within industry" or TWI. TW…