One of the great social myths is the inherent gift kids have for understanding technology.  Young people are said to have a natural talent for working…

Lean manufacturing is an economic business model - not a religion, not a moral crusade, and not a social cause.  Treating people decently, with respec…

Every year or so one of our neighbors takes us out for Sunday brunch.  She is considerably older than us, a world-traveller, very refined and formal,…

A few days ago Kevin wrote a piece about competition, making the point that any company that thinks it can follow the same old manufacturing practices…

Just a quick note that we've listened to your suggestions and in the spirit of continuous improvement we've implemented some enhancements to t…

We've all experienced the occassional wrath of Mother Nature on our operations... leaky roofs, electrical outages, and the like.  But what happens…

Have you thought recently about how the internet has changed the world?  I'm dating myself, but I do remember playing Pong in high school, feeding…

There is a lot of good lean material out there you can get your hands on for free, so I thought it was about time I used the power of the blog to spre…