As I mentioned yesterday, the questions get tougher as the week progresses.  The topic for Tuesday is the 'Workgroup Kaizen', or what is the r…

For those who did not know, Karen Wilhelm is actually the brains behind SME.  She is also an easy mark for stray dogs and just about anyone who puts o…

Dan Markovitz is the founder and president of TimeBack Management.  As a trainer, he has worked with UBS, Merrill Lynch, American Express, AXA Equitab…

Hal Macomber, who some of you may know, is a guy who works quite a bit on applying lean principles in project areas, and he recently put together a ga…

I don't have any idea who Katrina Arabe is - probably just a news writer who writes whatever people tell her without claiming any particular exper…

An event in American manufacturing that could change the course of our history for the good just might be unfolding in Detroit.  It is just possible t…

The Detroit News has relly kicked its look at Toyota into high gear.  Click here to read a very interesting interview with Seizo Okamoto - President o…

"In its most basic form, lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste from all aspects of an organization's operations, where wa…