Organizations & Policy

While reviewing an upcoming book from a noted author of lean manufacturing texts, I came across the Caux Round Table, an organization I had not heard…

I'm not exactly a big fan of Jack Welch, and neither are some other lean bloggers.  He doesn't exactly epitomize respect for people.  But for…

Each year an annual conference called Supernova is held to discuss the impact of technology on the world.  Lots of deep thinkers attend, many of whom…

We've told you several times before about how Wisconsin is pushing lean manufacturing. Mary Burke, the Secretary of the Commerce Department, is t…

Yesterday our friend Karen Wilhelm of the Lean Reflections blog wrote a post titled My Message to Barack Obama.  She has decided that Obama deserves h…

Over the past year we've been telling you how an alliance called the "Domestic Manufacturing Group" has been raising cain at NAM.  This…

Once again leave it to bloggers like us to get the real scoop on a story or issue, sometimes months before you see it in print.  The latest issue of M…

We've had a fascination with manufacturing productivity statistics for quite some time.  Several months ago we began exploring a possible problem…