Five years ago life was pretty good.  I had helped turn around a couple of medical device operations and had executed a rather successful turnaround o…

Most of us have heard the anecdote that "a majority of Baldrige Award winners have gone bankrupt."  I don't know if that's true, but…

The February 20th issue of Rubber & Plastics News had a front-page article on the lean transformation at Lauren Manufacturing, a custom rubber ext…

In response to a post a few days ago called "How About Multi-Skilled Managers?" two emotional responses were logged in almost immediately -…

In response to a post a few days ago called "How About Multi-Skilled Managers?" two emotional responses were logged in almost immediately -…

I had a few minutes to spare so I checked the blog log and had a look at what search engine terms brought people to the blog today.  There were a larg…

I came across an article in a publication called Tooling & Production titled Overruling Parkinson's Law that is right out of the manufacturing…

There is a remarkable story on CNN's site that indicates a window of opportunity is opening up for American clothing manufacturers - a rare second…