The news has been reviewed, the grading is complete, and its time to hand out the manufacturing report cards for the week. In reverse order, the grad…

A good way to pick up the pace of the move to lean manufacturing in the United States would be to create a "Lean Czar' position reporting to…

We have a fun new toy at Superfactory that lets Kevin and me know where you're from when you click onto the blog pages.  It's not really '…

Toyota has put a couple of 4 minutes videos on line that provide a fluffy, pretty basic explanation of the origins of Jidoka, JIT and the TPS.  In typ…

Every time I write something negative about Ford, GM or the big American manufacturers the comments and email fly, decrying my lack of faith, my bad a…

Just in case anyone thought they were finally getting their arms around all of the complexities of lean manufacturing - starting to see some consisten…

Stanley Furniture just announced their first quarter results.  Sales were at a record level, earnings were off a bit from last year, but strong enough…

Hey Detroit!  Are you listening?  Here's how you turn things around when you are in trouble: Step 1 is to close the excess plants and lay off the…