USATODAY.com – How to stop a thief China This editorial raises the issue that China not only has cheaper labor costs, but, thanks to rampant piracy, hardly any factories pay for ERP, CAD/CAM, etc. “In a U.S. factory like mine…
Yahoo! News: “Manufacturers and other critics, including Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress, contend that China’s currency system puts U.S. companies at a big competitive disadvantage and has contributed to the loss of U.S. factory jobs.” While topics like currencies…
Masaaki Imai interview! Masaaki Imai comments on the need to convert from batch to JIT and China ‘productivity’, among other topics. One highlight: “Kaizen is the means to achieve a corporate strategy, not the strategy. Every corporation needs to make…
