Companies

Dov Charney's American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies.  Here's a guy who has figured out how to profitably manufacture lo…

Motorola used to be the marvel of six sigma success.  Now that once admired company is in a world of hurt. The Schaumburg, Ill., equipment maker has…

The new Chrysler has the potential for a bright future.  Some great new management and especially the flexibility of not being constrained by the shor…

Boeing's going through a bit of a rough patch with its 787 Dreamliner program.  We've been chronicling the delays due to design and especially…

Jonathan Katz of Industry Week just wrote an article on the problems at Boeing, specifically how they got "derailed from the lean track."  A…

American Apparel has long been one of our favorite companies, for a variety of reasons.  For one, CEO Dov Charney is an "interesting" fellow…

A recent issue of Manufacturing News has an interview with Tom Buffenbarger, head of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers…

Several of us have commented over the past few days on Dell's announcement that it is closing the Austin desktop PC manufacturing operation.  Perh…