Lean Manufacturing, Leadership, and Company Excellence (What Happened at Delphi and GM?)
13 May 2005
The latest issue of Target, the award-winning publication of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence, has a cover story on Delphi's pursuit o…
The Coming Manufacturing Revolution
4 May 2005
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or salivate at the opportunity. A revolution is coming. A manufacturing revolution like nothing seen in history. Far m…
Hirano's Eight Conditions for Flow Manufacturing
30 April 2005
Superfactory just posted Norman Bodek's latest article on Hirano's Eight Conditions for Flow Manufacturing. This follows his previous article…
Shingo "Know Why" and the Lean Manufacturing Transformation
25 April 2005
Bill Waddell has written an excellent article on the "real world" of Lean, which has been posted on Superfactory. It is based on the though…
5S and the Dangers of Horizontal Surfaces
16 April 2005
I've always had a problem with horizontal surfaces, but recently I toured a couple of manufacturing plants that really highlighted their danger.…
Find Those Hidden Improvement Ideas
8 April 2005
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?…
Download Lean Office PowerPoint Presentations
21 March 2005
As mentioned in a post a couple months ago, we have been working on a series of downloadable PowerPoint presentations on the various components of Lea…
Manufacturing Economics - Notes from the World Economic Forum
14 March 2005
Julie Meyer, CEO of Ariadne Capital in London and who also happens to be related to your editor, recently attended the World Economic Forum in Davos.…