Interesting article by Kimberly Weisul in BNet describing a study on where CEOs really spend their time. As you'd probably suspect, the vast major…

Within the space of five minutes I came across two articles on two companies that have placed quality ahead of easy short-term profits. First we have…

By Norman Bodek This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…

Although the wave of companies running to China in the mistaken belief that direct labor is their largest cost has slowed, there are still some lemmin…

If you are the praying type a lot of good manufacturing folks in northern Japan can use all the help you can give. The earthquake early this morning…

Reader Jim T. provided us with a link to some news on CNN about Johnson & Johnson, whose never-ending string of manufacturing debacles have been w…

Way back when I was doing the research for Rebirth of American Industry I came across the Henry Ford quote; "Profit is the inevitable conclusion…

In Simple Excellence Adam Zak and I wrote, "The simplest, leanest and best managed a company will ever be is in its infancy when senior managers…