Manufacturing Executive

Monthly Archives: April 2009

Learning from Winners

A recent manufacturing award winner earned the recognition in large part due to a lean manufacturing campaign that has earned dividends in a short amount of time.

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A Lean Technology Pitch

If I were a lean manufacturer or a lean manufacturer in training, I imagine the concept of software as a service (SaaS) and its cousin, cloud computing, would look pretty appealing. Save working capital by renting your technology -- sounds good. Not so fast... 

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All I Really Need to Know…

At its core, lean manufacturing isn't very complicated. Maybe we all need to regress a bit if we want to succeed at it...

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