Outsourcing Lemmings

Exactly a year ago we told you how two small ski and sled companies had decided to outsource manufacturing to China. For their low volumes it just did…

Isn't it amazing how every issue, every situation, can have two distinct sides? Which is why I often liken regulatory controls to pushing on a bal…

PBS aired a good interview (online summary here) a few days ago on midwest manufacturers that are holding their own against foreign competition. Not j…

Mark over at the Lean Blog sent me an article that I've been noodling for several days, describing how Cessna (a unit of Textron) has decided to b…

Over the last couple days I've come across some examples of offshore manufacturing problems that really make me wonder if it's worth it. To be…

The Wall Street Journal this morning has a front page article detailing the long and convoluted supply chain that brings ginger from small farms in Ch…

The latest issue of Manufacturing News is filled with the usual supposed doom and gloom of U.S.-based manufacturing, with one notable exception. We…

We have spent a lot of time chastising companies that flee overseas in search of cheaper labor instead of working to reduce internal process waste. Th…