I live in Nashville, but I still haven’t been on a Gibson Factory Tour. Thankfully, there’s a video available to see how guitars are made. I have to tell you, when I was younger, I played a lot of guitar – I had a nice Ibanez with a Crate half stack amp. So fun. Well, […]

Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream is a pretty fascinating organization. Not only do they make great tasting ice cream, but they sincerely care about the customer. Case in point: when customers write Ben and Jerry’s with a complaint, the customer is invited to their Waterbury, Vermont factory for a Ben and Jerry’s Factory Tour. This […]

If you’ve ever wanted to see how airplanes are made, here’s an interesting video of the Boeing Factory Tour. Related Posts:Harley Davidson Factory Tour Hershey Factory Tour [VIDEO] Building the Boeing 787 Dreamliner[VIDEO] Boeing Builds Them in Nine DaysBuilding the BMW X3 and BMW X4: A Factory Tour

For those that are students of Lean Manufacturing or the Toyota Production System, but have not stepped inside a Toyota plant, this video will give you a sense of what it looks like. What you won’t see are many examples of Lean, except for a few: > Minute 3:21 – You’ll see a runner, delivering […]

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThe guys at Gemba Research pointed me to this great video on the Toyota factory in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. This is the opening of the Toyota Ontario Canada plant. In this article, you’ll see the Toyota Production System first-hand. “We don’t lay people […]