Upgrading In The Desert
21 October 2005
Bear with me here - this is a story with a happy ending. It just starts out like the same old nagging about manufacturers who spend so much time grov…
And You Thought Martha Was A Crook
20 October 2005
That Delphi, GM and Ford are struggling to deal with 'legacy costs' - the cost of guaranteed paychecks and health care coverage for retired an…
Why Delphi Is Important
19 October 2005
One more sad story out of Detroit really doesn't mean much. The Delphi bankruptcy is actually one of the auto industry's lesser crises at the…
Delphi - Even Lean Manufacturing Can't Prevent Bankruptcy
18 October 2005
Over the last several months we have written several posts on the problems with the U.S. auto industry, specifically GM and Delphi. Last May we discus…
Where Is Marketing In All of This?
18 October 2005
A senior manufacturing manager was telling me the story of his company's initial move down the lean path, and how it began at an annual company of…
Massachusetts General Looks to Lean
15 October 2005
By George Taninecz This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 201…
Carnival of Lean Leadership - October 2005
8 October 2005
Those of you who are regular blog readers know that a "blog carnival" is a post that links to recent posts at many other blogs that revolve…
Made In Shanghai
5 October 2005
Most folks in the U.S. have never heard of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). They will. SAIC has a joint venture with General Motors…