Tag: Flinchbaugh

by Jamie FlinchbaughFor those not paying close attention, billionaire and industry-fixer-upper guy Wilber Ross has been on the prowl for struggling auto supply assets....

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...

Here's an interesting article on how Chrysler will be selling its manufacturing equipment from the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant to a Russian manufacturer. This...

I'm not anti-Wal-Mart, anti-Starbucks or anything like that. I think people should be free to compete in a fair market, and if Starbucks brews...

Since Mark has been posting on the woes of the Big 2 automakers based in Michigan, I thought I would share some interesting statistics....

If lean is about learning, then we must find sources of learning everywhere. One place I look not so much for inspiration but for...

For my first direct posting to LeanBlog.org, I thought I would jump right in. I get a lot of responses to my column, Leading...

Departments - ASSEMBLY Here is the latest lean column from Jamie Flinchbaugh. You can read my Q&A with Jamie here, and he is also the author...

I'm pleased to present the latest in my Lean Thinker Q&A series, this time with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of the recently-published book "The Hitchhiker's...

I'm pleased to present the latest in my Lean Thinker Q&A series, this time with Jamie Flinchbaugh, co-author of the recently-published book "The Hitchhiker's...

Yesterday The Detroit Free Press published a collection of comments from auto industry analysts and GM leaders in a piece titled "5 Ways to...

Leading Lean: Get Your Payback From Lean! Here's the latest column from Jamie Flinchbaugh, focused on leadership's responsibility to create opportunities for successful factories. If...