Jamie Flinchbaugh
Lean Factory Design Part 1
I did some of my long-ago masters thesis work on factory design (you can read a rather dated article on the topic here). I've...
Extending the Life of Equipment
Here's an interesting article on how Chrysler will be selling its manufacturing equipment from the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant to a Russian manufacturer. This...
Where do you spend your $?
I'm not anti-Wal-Mart, anti-Starbucks or anything like that. I think people should be free to compete in a fair market, and if Starbucks brews...
State Competitiveness
Since Mark has been posting on the woes of the Big 2 automakers based in Michigan, I thought I would share some interesting statistics....
Lean Lessons from History
If lean is about learning, then we must find sources of learning everywhere. One place I look not so much for inspiration but for...
Pull issues in service
For my first direct posting to LeanBlog.org, I thought I would jump right in. I get a lot of responses to my column, Leading...