Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or salivate at the opportunity. A revolution is coming. A manufacturing revolution like nothing seen in history. Far more…

Superfactory just posted Norman Bodek's latest article on Hirano's Eight Conditions for Flow Manufacturing. This follows his previous article…

This is a little off-topic from our usual discussion of manufacturing excellence, but I just read an excellent book on the bizarre side of economic an…

Bill Waddell has written an excellent article on the "real world" of Lean, which has been posted on Superfactory. It is based on the thought…

Neil Gershenfeld has just written a very interesting book, Fab, on the upcoming "personal fabrication" revolution. Basically his definition…

I've always had a problem with horizontal surfaces, but recently I toured a couple of manufacturing plants that really highlighted their danger. Y…

How well do we tap the experience and creativity of our employees? When was the last time we asked for suggestions on how to improve our operations? M…

As mentioned in a post a couple months ago, we have been working on a series of downloadable PowerPoint presentations on the various components of Lea…