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…

iSixSigma, the well-known Six Sigma resource site, has an interesting blog, SixSigmaCompanies.  Many of the posts detail the Six Sigma activities at w…

Traditional accounting systems have long been a barrier to lean manufacturing implementations, especially at large companies.  Pull manufacturing meth…

Just in time for summer, the Lean Enterprise Institute has published The Gold  Mine by Freddy and Michael Balle, an excellent novel on executing a le…

A post on the Lean Manufacturing Blog (excellent reading, by the way!) reminded us again of the lessons that NASCAR can give the lean world. Watch th…

We rarely wade into the shark-infested waters of the political side of manufacturing, however a recent post on the blog of the National Association of…