The Myth of the Battered American Manufacturer
14 August 2005
I've always enjoyed reading columns by Alan Reynolds as he takes the time to really peel back the onion on data and statistics. Occassionally I…
Mea culpa, Mea culpa
10 August 2005
The sheer volume in my email inbox as result of my post yesterday concerning Industry Week's list of the top 50 manufacturing companies is testame…
Where Have All the Manufacturers Gone?
9 August 2005
I recently had an opportunity to read Industry Week's list of the 50 best performing, publicly traded 'manufacturing' companies. I was di…
Fixing Manufacturing With Paper
28 July 2005
Delphi recently brought in Robert "Steve" Miller to head up the company. Miller is widely touted as something of a turnaround expert. From…
Global Competition and Lean Manufacturing
20 July 2005
Advanced Manufacturing has a thought-provoking article on the need to rebuild our factories if we are to compete. The premise is that simply implement…
Another Point of View On The Estate Tax
20 July 2005
Our friends at NAM (National Association of Manufacturers) are waging a war of words with the liberal press, most often the Washington Post, concernin…
The Quality of Lean
14 July 2005
For good reason Toyota is used as the premier example of manufacturing excellence. But 2005 has has been a difficult time for the company. Some of the…
Our Great Idea Machine
11 July 2005
Those of you who have read any of my stuff will know that I usually try to work something of the historical background of different facets of ma…