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manufacturing

13 posts

The Rise and Fall of American Apparel: What Netflix's New Documentary Reveals About Leadership, Culture, and Manufacturing

2 July 2025

Years ago, I found myself fascinated by American Apparel. Here was a company that seemed to be doing everything right from a manufacturing and operati…

Companies

The Simple Leader: Discovering Lean

12 October 2016

This is an excerpt from The Simple Leader: Personal and Professional Leadership at the Nexus of Lean and Zen Ten years after graduating from college…

The Simple Leader

On Asiana, Driverless Cars, and Factories

28 June 2014

I've always been interested in technology - its use, advantages, and disadvantages.  Regular readers know that I often advocate for manual solutio…

Basic Excellence

The Dangerous Lite Side of Mindfulness and Lean

3 April 2014

By Kevin Meyer I’ll preface this post by saying that yes, I’m from crazy California, I eat granola with fruits and nuts in the morning, am vegetarian…

People & Culture

The Engagement of Risk

23 February 2014

By Kevin Meyer Rules are a funny thing.  We like some of them because they make us feel protected, aligned, and perhaps operating on a fair playing f…

Leadership & Execution

Gemba Academy is 5 Years Old! Come celebrate with us!

6 February 2014

By Kevin Meyer Five years ago I, and two good friends of mine, began what’s turned out to be an incredible journey. Specifically, in March of 2009 G…

A Little Different

Of Maps, ERP, and Basic Thinking

29 September 2013

By Kevin Meyer A hat tip to Mark Graban for pointing out this article on a problem the Fairbanks airport has been experiencing with Apple Maps.  It w…

Basic Excellence

The Productivity Impact of Pesky Intermediates

16 September 2013

By Kevin Meyer Seven years ago, yes seven, we started to wonder something about the seemingly rosy U.S. productivity numbers: At its most fundamenta…

Outsourcing Lemmings

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