Companies

Once again, on the same day, we have an example of how some companies understand what lean is really about, and some don't. Let's start with G…

It could have been a great story. Three years ago Dan Davis bought a 120,000 square-foot plywood plant from Chesapeake Hardwood Products and named it…

Another day, another company that doesn't realize the potential of lean. Actually in this sad case it's a parent company that doesn't real…

Like many other lean-oriented bloggers I've held back from making much of a comment on the recent deal between GM and the UAW. I think Chrysler, w…

We've all been there... those last few weeks or months before a new product launches. Orders have been taken, excitement is building, the expectat…

Late last year we told you about Whirlpool... laying off over a thousand workers in the U.S. just to rehire a similar number at other plants. Traditio…

An article in last Sunday's Washington Post Magazine tells us about Marlin Steel Wire, a company that has found a way to be globally competitive f…

Yesterday we told you about IBM claiming they are implementing lean manufacturing... by laying off people. Obviously this flies right in the face of r…