Uncategorized

I was going through my stack of junk mail and came across a flyer advertising a seminar by a well-known lean manufacturing consultant. In the flyer he…

One of our previous posts, The Coming Manufacturing Revolution, has created a very spirited discussion among several of my colleagues.  As the pos…

The latest issue of Target, the award-winning publication of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, has a cover story on Delphi's pursuit o…

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or salivate at the opportunity. A revolution is coming. A manufacturing revolution like nothing seen in history. Far more…

Superfactory just posted Norman Bodek's latest article on Hirano's Eight Conditions for Flow Manufacturing. This follows his previous article…

Bill Waddell has written an excellent article on the "real world" of Lean, which has been posted on Superfactory. It is based on the thought…

I've always had a problem with horizontal surfaces, but recently I toured a couple of manufacturing plants that really highlighted their danger. Y…

How well do we tap the experience and creativity of our employees? When was the last time we asked for suggestions on how to improve our operations? M…