Lean Manufacturing Specialist Gifts

"We only got up to three 'whys' and a 'what the hell'."

"Where's the business end of this thing?"

"I just love how wet you've made things in here."

"Jimmy, I want you to meet our new safety officer."

Another Turning Point in the Industrial Revolution. Ford Motor Co. On second thought, let's put the cars on the conveyor belt.

'...we have every new employee spend time on our assembly line. Eight hours, no breaks.'

D.I.Y

"We're developing a plan to fix this."

"This is a big seller, and we get them cheap...from China."

Business School. Our case study is an umbrella company bankrupted by fabric costs. They were killed by high overhead expenses!

"Yep, first the gold run out, then the microchip manufacturing went overseas."

"I hope you don't mind, but I stuck in a little prayer for General Motors."

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Made in China.

"Back in the industrial age, this was, I believe, a steel mill."

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

"We're a totaly automated facility, except for Frank. He plugs everything in each morning."

'Here it is - the world's largest miniaturization plant.'

'The global economy supplies basic tools. A lot of us get the axe.'

"We've geared up our American company to provide PPE for our healthcare providers, and we need 'Made in the USA' tags to on 'em! Problem is, USA tags are all Made In China."

"...and we plan to offer it as a scarce and valuable product."

"I think these may be counterfeit bolts."

'I've created hundreds of jobs. Of course, they're all going to be automated.'

Foxconn: Outsourcer Outsources Outsourced...What?

Made redundant from Honda please help

The strong Canadian dollar is bad for the Canadian exporting manufacturers.

'U.S. Manufacturing'

'Hey! This box of 'made in America' stickers has a sticker on it that says 'made in Taiwan'.'

Frank's Drill Co. I built this company bit by bit.

The Two Economies

"There - now we're environmentally responsible."

'But what if my job doesn't want to go to China?'

Nano-Satellite Assembly Line.

The royal mint is asking for a budget increase. You have to spend money to make money!

Auto Assembly. Ernie, I think they fired you because you were assigned to the assembly line but ere often at the high-speed test facility. I'm ambitious. I wanted to be on the fast track. Why did you remove brakes from cars? An article I read said that to achieve success you should "pull out all the stops." And I unnecessarily drove cars around the plant to show the bosses that I'm willing to "go the extra mile." But why did you refuse to deliver components to the assembly line? The arti