Tag: Flinchbaugh
Lean Factory Design Part 3
I've been posting a few comments on factory design (Part 1 and Part 2). Here a final, but important, comment on what people do...
Lean Factory Design Part 2
I've been posting a few comments on factory design. See Part 1 here. Here are a few more comments on what people do wrong...
The Future of Auto Suppliers
by Jamie FlinchbaughFor those not paying close attention, billionaire and industry-fixer-upper guy Wilber Ross has been on the prowl for struggling auto supply assets....
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...
Leading Lean: Missed Opportunity
Departments - ASSEMBLY
Here is the latest lean column from Jamie Flinchbaugh. You can read my Q&A with Jamie here, and he is also the author...
Q&A with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Part 2
I'm pleased to present the latest in my Lean Thinker Q&A series, this time with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of the recently-published book "The Hitchhiker's...
Q&A with Jamie Flinchbaugh, Part 1
I'm pleased to present the latest in my Lean Thinker Q&A series, this time with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of the recently-published book "The Hitchhiker's...