Tag: Wisconsin

More Wisconsin Lean

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Lean manufacturing in action is a beautiful thing The link above is a column in a Wisconsin newspaper. He visited a plant "a...

More Wisconsin Lean

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Green Bay Press-Gazette - Tufco growing operations while keeping safety in focus:Another story from a small company in Wisconsin:""It is easy to downsize. Growth...

Lean and Economic Development

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JS Online: Editorial: A new way of thinking:Wisconsin is mentioned frequently here on the Lean Blog, with many small and mid-sized companies, in particular,...

Newsflash! Respecting workers = better results!

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By Dan MarkovitzYesterday's Wall Street Journal ran an article explaining that employees are more likely to embrace changes when they're fully informed of the...

"Unavoidable" Plant Closing?

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Tecumseh To Close Wisconsin Plant; 320 Employees To Lose Jobs This is a disappointing article after we normally read such good lean news from the...

A Wisconsin Lean Story

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Metal expands when it's hotHere's a story from a small company that's grown from $3m to $10m in revenue, in part due to Lean...

More Cheese, I mean Lean, News from Badger Land

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JS Online:Going lean brings long-term payoffsHere is a column written by John Torinus, the CEO of a Wisconsin company. They are still early...

Harley helps Suppliers, and even Competitors

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JS Online:Toyota's relationship with vendors is an important link in its successHere is a really nice column written by the CEO of a Harley...

Some Positive Lean Tales

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So here's a palate cleanser after talking about GM and the failed "lean" efforts that led to a strike at Conn-Selmer (see below).Here are...

Using Lean to Ship TO CHINA

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Neosho Daily NewsFor a while there, Wisconsin was the hotbed of lean articles. This week, it's Missouri, and both articles are in a...

Flexible Middleton (WI) company thrives

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Wisconsin State Journal:There are many good stories coming out of Wisconsin lately, many of them through the work of the local MEP office."WMEP provided...

‘Lean’ manufacturing helps Wisconsin firms thrive

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wisbusinessHere are a few case studies of smaller firms using lean for growth. This work was done with the Wisconsin MEP program, part of...