A Discussion with Masaaki Imai
9 July 2011
Ron Pereira at Gemba Academy recently had the opportunity to sit down with Masaaki Imai, the fascinating founder of the Kaizen Institute and author of…
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…
da Vinci - The First Lean Thinker?
21 April 2008
I've been reading a fascinating book titled How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day. I originally picked it up to le…
Lean Green Bubbles
31 July 2007
Joel Makower is a frequent writer on green business issues, and a year ago Superfactory even published one of his articles on the lean, green supply c…
Taiichi Ohno's Workplace Management
7 May 2007
It's rather rare that I write about books I've read or recommend, but this is an appropriate occasion. Gemba Press is now shipping Workplace…
A Historical Perspective on Waste
13 November 2006
Our friend Bob Emiliani won a Shingo Prize for his book Better Thinking, Better Results, and he has contributed many thought-provoking articles to Sup…
Much Ado About Shingo and Ohno
8 July 2006
Those of you that subscribe to the monthly Superfactory e-Newsletter have probably been following an interesting debate in the Historical Persective s…
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Manufacturing
4 July 2006
The founders of the United States demonstrated quite a bit of wisdom in many areas and it is fitting that one of our our most widely, happily and pass…