I'm sure I'm not unique in the world of lean manufacturing professionals in that I return from the office every evening and see lean opportuni…

The month of December should not come to a close without manufacturing folks across America taking a moment to raise a toast to Alexander Hamilton. It…

How effective are you at juggling multiple tasks? What is the effect of irrelevant tasks on value-added activities? A hat tip to Management Craft and…

"Employees are our most important asset." How many company value/vision/mission statements include that? I would guess over 90%... of the c…

If the leanest possible manufacturer of consumer products approached Walmart, Target or Kmart with the proposition that they could provide very low co…

Over the past several months I’ve noticed an increasing amount of Superfactory activity originating from Iraq. Several university students have reques…

Yesterday Bill had a post regarding a comment from Kathleen Fasanella of the Fashion-Incubator blog. In her comment Kathleen mentions "... it rem…

There is an incredible reservoir of intellect, experience and passion for lean manufacturing among the Superfactory readers, and the best thing about…