Companies

Several short news blurbs on various companies implementing lean manufacturing have been filling up my tickler file, so let's do a quick roundup.…

Today's NYTimes unknowingly threw into stark relief the consequences of the different paths taken by Boeing and Brazil's Embraer. Boeing, of c…

It looks like Boeing's penchant for supply chain convolutions is spreading down through their tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers. Hitco Carbon Composite…

Perhaps it's all in the name, but you have to love a company with the cohones to call themselves Invincible. Invincible Metal Solutions in this ca…

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 low…

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 b…

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

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…