Deming, Womack, Kennedy & Shingo
20 February 2006
The flood of articles and blog posts out there saying that if Detroit / American manufacturing / the defense industry / (fill in your own) would just…
News of the Week
16 February 2006
National Association of What??? The National Association of Manufacturers is extolling the virtues of three of its members who received a prestigious…
Low Tuition + Good Football = Useful Education
15 February 2006
The fundamental math and logic of inventory management has been part of the APICS Certification regimen for better than a couple of decades. Not bein…
Perhaps the Military Should Invade Detroit
15 February 2006
Another day, another story on how lean manufacturing methods are creating significant savings in the military. After a rather humble start little mor…
Postscript: Henry and Harvey Would Like Microsoft
14 February 2006
As a follow up to my previous post concerning automotive supplier abuse, I thought you ought to know the alternative. The Microsoft XBox 360 was supp…
Henry And Harvey Would Be Ashamed
14 February 2006
Yesterday, Kevin wrote about Jim Womack's latest piece in the Wall Street Journal, including his statement that General Motors and Ford are "…
Womack Steps Up
13 February 2006
Over the past few weeks we've taken Jim Womack to task for not being blunt enough with the situation in Detroit. This is because we have tremendo…
I Can't Explain It
12 February 2006
As a student of everything having to do with lean manufacturing, and Henry Ford, in particular, I have long been stymied by Ford's racial and ethn…