Category Archives: lean manufacturing (11)

A recent comment from a business friend, call him Tom, who manages a small factory, reminded me of a scene from The Wizard of Oz. “Our president is..

I’ve been doing a lot of speaking at conferences this spring, and I’m always warmly greeted as the “Toast Guy”: the person who produced and starred..

My son, Ben, asked me last week, “How come the bacon cooks better on Grandma’s pan?” I’d just fried up some bacon using a pan handed down from my..

This winter has presented folks in my clime with a perpetual blanket of snow that hides most of the welcome signs of an approaching spring. There is..

I was reminded this week how problematical the conceptual blind spots in our management systems can be: An otherwise insightful and..

My last post about superficial improvement may have implied that the condition is limited to organizations with deep enough pockets to buy pricey..

Our machine shop was assisted by Toyota Supplier Support Center in 1996 to reduce set-ups on our CNC lathes. TSSC had already helped us in a..

Last week I visited with JVS, a terrific Boston-area organization whose mission “is to empower individuals from diverse communities to find..

Very early in my Lean adventure as a new VP of Operations, when the idea of listening to workers was still a little strange, I returned from a week..

I am looking for some help to answer this question. Seeking illumination, I recently attended a presentation offered through CCAT, a non-profit..