Not another outsourcing lemming
20 September 2009
With all the grief that Bill and Kevin give the US government about its misguided interventions in the free market (quite often deservedly), it's…
Checking in on Joseph Abboud
17 September 2009
By Kevin Meyer It's been a while since we updated you on Joseph Abboud, the suit manufacturing that is leveraging lean manufacturing to keep its…
American Apparel - More Value From Waste
5 September 2009
One of our favorite companies, American Apparel, is at it again. A hat tip to Peter for apparently browsing their online catalog to find this new pro…
Update on the Superfactory 20 Lean Company Stocks
2 August 2009
Things seem to be turning around. Most of the companies that form part of the Superfactory 20 showed gains in July, with the average of the Superfact…
Update on Lean Manufacturing Company Stocks
3 July 2009
For obvious reasons it's been a while since we've updated you on the Superfactory 20... twenty lean manufacturing company stocks that were sel…
A Little Irish Love for Dov
12 June 2009
One of our favorite CEOs, Dov Charney of American Apparel, just received some love from The Independent of Ireland. This summer Charney will bring hi…
Danaher's Focus
22 April 2009
A couple days ago I received the annual report from one of my favorite lean-oriented companies, Danaher. Like most companies they are grappling with…
Taking the "Gen" out of "Genchi Genbutsu"
30 March 2009
Well, GM is in the news again, this time for refusing to cancel its program that gives a company car and company-paid gas for about 8,000 white-collar…