All The Wrong Moves
9 July 2010
by BILL WADDELL A quick quiz to test your knowledge of manufacturing excellence - When faced with a serious quality problem a company should: A. Dra…
9 July 2010
by BILL WADDELL A quick quiz to test your knowledge of manufacturing excellence - When faced with a serious quality problem a company should: A. Dra…
8 July 2010
By Kevin Meyer This week I'm taking a little time to look back on the factories I toured in Japan nearly two years ago as part of the Gemba Resea…
7 July 2010
By Kevin Meyer It's been a bit over eighteen months since I went on the Gemba Research Japan Kaikaku Experience, where I visited four companies t…
7 July 2010
by BILL WADDELL Most students of lean know that Toyota gives much of the credit for their manufacturing approach to Henry Ford, and for very good rea…
6 July 2010
by BILL WADDELL There is a fundamental lesson to be learned from the BP debacle in the Gulf of Mexico - that management rules - not culture or leader…
5 July 2010
Each month new articles, book reviews, and other content are added to the Superfactory website. The new content is featured in the monthly e-newslette…
30 June 2010
By Kevin Meyer A healthy backlog can be a comforting feeling. Boeing and Airbus rejoice in having backlogs over a decade long. I used to work for a…
29 June 2010
by BILL WADDELL In looking over the landscape for blog fodder I came across an article written by a guy named Paul Krugman in the New York Times that…