The Northeast Georgian: Business Now this is a very local news source (available to the world, thanks to Google). This is a nice bit of recognition for a team of operators who were (are?) working on 5S initiatives in their…
Got Boondoggle?: The Paradigm Network: On his blog, Mike W. writes about a local lean group that meets in the Indianapolis area. In Phoenix, where I just moved from, there is a group called the ‘Valley Lean Council’ (Phoenix being…
DesMoinesRegister.com More discussion about the future of Iowa manufacturing, with a focus on lean. Iowa has been hurt with recent news about Maytag, among other companies who have been scaling back or closing factories. It’s nice to see lean highlighted…
Got Boondoggle?: Any Idiot Can Cut Costs There is a new lean blog with a curious title, “Got Boondoggle?” The blogger is opinionated and shares persona lean examples/stories, which holds the promise of being interesting reading. Check him out. He…
Six Sigma Blog: Solectron organizes events to spread Lean and Six Sigma implementation among suppliers From the Six Sigma Blog, an article about Solectron preaching lean to its supply base. You have to hope with these kind of events that…
News – StatesmanJournal.com From Oregon: “Neilsen Manufacturing Inc. said Monday that it will slash its work force from 175 to 50 because of competition from Southeast Asia. The 48-year-old company is a model of lean manufacturing, a group of practices…
