The core of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Enterprise is a constant vigilance for opportunities to reduce waste. Although most of us focus on value stream mapping and kaizen activities to improve wasteful processes and methods, we need to also … [Read more]
The Power of Impossible Thinking
I just finished reading The Power of Impossible Thinking by Jerry Wind and Colin Crook. Really an eye-opener. Drawing on the latest neuroscientific research and their experience with corporate transformations, Jerry Wind and Colin Crook … [Read more]
Manufacturing Economics – Notes from the World Economic Forum
Julie Meyer, CEO of Ariadne Capital in London and who also happens to be related to your editor, recently attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. She has written an excellent summary of the event, with some personal observations. Some … [Read more]
Automation More Disruptive Than Outsourcing?
We're all aware of the potential effects of outsourcing, however a recent CNet article discusses how automation may become even more disruptive. Richard Samson has started a blog dubbed "Automatic Abundance" to provide alerts on the … [Read more]
Keep Those Job Skills Current!
The Los Angeles Times had an interesting article today by Nicholas Riccardi on the long-term unemployed. According to his statistics, long-term unemployment among college graduates has nearly tripled since the bursting of the tech bubble in … [Read more]
Manufacturing Location Survey Results
Straight off Pat Cleary's NAM Blog... In a study released by Deloitte (in conjunction with the NAM) this past Tuesday, some 65% of manufacturers surveyed plan expansions in the coming year, with 70% of those expansions in the US. This was a survey … [Read more]
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