Companies

We've long been fans of JA Apparel, the company that owns the Joseph Abboud clothing label.  In fact we've blogged about the company three tim…

The latest Manufacturing News has an article on the value that Apple's domestic operations receive from sales of the iPod. Not much of Apple'…

Sometimes lean manufacturing really can leave a sweet taste in your mouth! At age 160, the New England Confectionery Company (NECCO) is the oldest mu…

A couple months ago we told you about how a couple of industry trade groups, the Alliance for American Manufacturing and the Domestic Manufacturing Gr…

Just tidying up a bit with a few short notes. First, a week or so ago we pointed you to the ranking of lean companies that Mark over at the Lean Blog…

As many of you know, there is an unscientific poll in progress ranking various lean companies.  The results are interesting, rather dynamic, and even…

Mark over at the Lean Blog has created an informal poll asking who the best lean company is.  Some of the usual suspects are on the list, plus a few y…

The latest issue of Manufacturing News is out and as usual it has a list of major plant closings in the United States.  This particular list included…