Tag: Manufacturing
Another Small Company Lean Story
The Connecticut Post Online - Shelton firm shows off streamlining:Here's another story about a small private manufacturing company, Electri-Cable Assemblies, and their lean success....
Census of Manufacturers
Along with the profiles of this year's Industry Week's Best Plants Award, the latest issue includes the latest census data on continuous improvement. Of...
A tale of two factories – China and U.S.
A tale of two factories - FORTUNEHere is an interesting piece from the latest FORTUNE magazine. The reporter visited two Tenneco Automotive plants...
A Japan Tour "Boondoggle"
Got Boondoggle?: Japan Day 1 - Toyota Motor KyushuBoondoggle indeed, Mike! I am really looking forward to reading more of Mike's posts from...
A Factory on a "Diet"?
Aero-News Network: Columbia Aircraft Puts Bend Factory On A DietRead the article and answer me this: did Columbia Aircraft have this bass-ackwards? ...
The Chinese Auto Industry
I won't comment on this much, because I'm not an expert on the Chinese auto industry (I still buy U.S.-built cars). But The Great...
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...
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...
NUMMI Tour Tales #6: "You Get What You Inspect"
Here is the sixth, and probably final, installment of my tales from the NUMMI tour.
You can revisit them, by starting with Tale #1 and...
NUMMI Tour Tales #5: Nobody is Perfect
NUMMI Tour Tale #4: The Pull Gift Shop
While the NUMMI plant would score very highly on any measure of "Visual Management" standards, you can...