Companies

Boeing's ballyhooed (in some quarters) lean production of the 787 Dreamliner just ran into the ugly reality of mass production in its supply chain…

Boeing has been eating Airbus for lunch lately, due to a combination of the innovative technologies in the 787 Dreamliner and the problems with the Ai…

Over the past couple years I've been chronicling the development of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, especially the Dreamlifter supply chain convoluti…

We've taken other companies to task for claiming they're lean while laying off people.  Not just laying off people in the face of severe busin…

Have you heard about John Watson & Company, the printing firm from across the pond that supposedly hasn't laid off any employees in it's 1…

It may just be me, but it appears that the number of companies citing lean manufacturing in their financial reports, news releases, and general news a…

5S isn't just for screwdrivers and hammers anymore. Some people see 5S as just a matter of physical cleaning and organization of one's worksp…

Two months ago we told you about Columbia Aircraft, which announced it was laying off employees in order to implement lean manufacturing methods.  Of…