Tag: China
Your Thoughts on Recent Articles about Apple, Foxconn, and China?
This week, I've been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities in China. These stories are...
Steve Jobs as a Model Leader? As a Manufacturing Leader?
As I wrote about after his death, I am appreciative of the products and services that Steve Jobs brought to the world. That said,...
Fox News Channel Understands “Lean” Better than the WSJ
On Friday, there was yet another Wall Street Journal article about Lean (fixating as they always do on the "Just In Time" component). The...
WSJ Wrongly Blames Apple Inventory Problems on “Lean Manufacturing”
OK, so I'll admit I had a case of "rabbit ears" when I took the WSJ to task for calling the doomed BP Deepwater...
Ships Passing in the Night – China Builds U.S. Factories
In an era where it was a "no brainer" to move factories to China, chasing cheap labor, the Lean world has often spoken out...
Random iPad Thoughts and Questions
Yesterday was iPad debut day - the new product was in stores and was supposed to arrive to those who pre-ordered it via UPS....
U.S. Companies Competing with China Using Lean
U.S. industry going lean to compete with China | Reuters
Yesterday, I recorded a podcast with Jim D'Addario, CEO of the namesake multi-generational family company...
Lean is a Rumor, in China?
IndustryWeek : Eye On China
Interesting story here in IndustryWeek, generally talking about the state of manufacturing in China, but turning its eye to Lean:
When...
Lean Can Help Fight High Transport Costs
Stung by Soaring Transport Costs, Factories Bring Jobs Home Again - WSJ.comLean thinkers have long advocated the benefits of having a shorter supply chain...
A Lean Guy Reads the Financial Times
I've often done posts titled "A Lean Guy Reads the WSJ" -- I would create a link to them, but I'm currently suffering a...
The Solution is Automation?
The Challenge From China - WSJ.com:The above linked article is pretty wide-ranging, written by a political guy, mostly about the growing military threat from...
Costs "Forcing" US Firms Out of China
AFP: Costs driving US manufacturing firms out of China: AmCham"Forcing" is a strange word to use. It's really a business choice, one way or...
