Making The Pieces Fit
22 April 2006
Just in case anyone thought they were finally getting their arms around all of the complexities of lean manufacturing - starting to see some consisten…
A Thought To End The Week
21 April 2006
Stanley Furniture just announced their first quarter results. Sales were at a record level, earnings were off a bit from last year, but strong enough…
Excellence Is Not Enough
20 April 2006
Hey Detroit! Are you listening? Here's how you turn things around when you are in trouble: Step 1 is to close the excess plants and lay off the…
"Nothing wonderful about manufacturing jobs"
19 April 2006
John Stossel from ABC doesn't have an MBA. His got a psychology degree from Princeton, but he seems to think like an MBA holder. So does Neil Cav…
He Ain't Dead Yet
18 April 2006
This Thursday, the 20th, Norm Bodek is slated to receive the Certified Grand Master Six Sigma Medal at an event hosted by the Portland, Oregon (Norm&#…
In Memory of Jo Anderson
17 April 2006
In the articles section, there is a great interview Art Smalley had with Toyota veteran Ike Kato called Shigeo Shingo's Influence on TPS, in which…
The False God of the Almighty Algorithm
15 April 2006
There are two large lean-oriented Yahoo Group message boards, Bill Kluck's NWLean and Shahrukh Irani's JSLean. NWLean was originally started…
The Future of Management... From India
14 April 2006
Over the past decade we've witnessed the rapid maturing of Asian and Indian industrial companies from simple low labor cost assembly operations to…