In the first-ever Lean Blog Podcast, Mark Graban talks with Norm Bodek about quick and easy Kaizen and how it differs from large, event-based improvement efforts. Bodek explains how simple, employee-led improvements–supported by trust, experimentation, and respect for people–can make…
Society of Manufacturing Engineers -Join I joined SME and received my new member package with the typical membership card etc. (typical of other organizations I belong to or have belonged to — AME, APICS, ASQ). One thing jumped out at…
WSJ.com – In China, 3,500 Test the Waters Of the Pearl River I’ve written before about how polluted China’s rivers are, the cost of unbridled factory growth and an unregulated environment. While you might think the article linked to above…
Here’s one blogger adding speculation to the fire (speculation is a very flammable fuel, if you didn’t know). I find this line amusing: we have a hard enough time imagining an alliance between GM andNissan Our brains hurt trying to…
