Our friends at NAM (National Association of Manufacturers) are waging a war of words with the liberal press, most often the Washington Post, concernin…

For good reason Toyota is used as the premier example of manufacturing excellence.  But 2005 has has been a difficult time for the company.  Some of t…

Those of you who have read any of my stuff will know that I usually try to work something of the historical background of different facets of manufa…

Several years ago in his automotive history, Richard Wright wrote, "In the economic structure which Detroit built, the laws of supply and demand…

Toyota is all about cars and trucks, right?  Not quite.  I was just pointed to the Toyota Home page on Toyota's website, which briefly describes T…

Manufacturers are always trying to figure out what their competition is up to.  Usually this includes such tasks as scouring trade journals, patent se…

An article in the June 17th issue of the Kiplinger Letter mentioned how many companies are starting to opt for "nearshoring" as their outsou…

We have had several requests for help on designing a training program for organizations just starting out on the Lean journey.  Obviously every situat…