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 discu…

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…

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…

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…

The Gemba Panta Rei blog has an interesting post on lean government, specifically discussing the successes at the postal services in Denmark and Canad…

I recently had a chance to catch up with an old colleague - my first boss, in fact - who is now a senior executive with a Midwestern manufacturing com…

As the third quarter ends many of us begin to plan for 2006.  In some organizations this is a regimented formal process with very defined inputs and o…

There has been a flurry of activity in the last year trying to integrate the concepts of Six Sigma and Lean.  A lot of it is driven by consultants loo…