Operations

The Bottom Line: Running hard

Lean one piece flow keeps the last shoe factories in U.S. producing athelteic shoes for New Balance. This story in the Portland (Maine) Press Herald is about a New Balance plant in Norridgewock. We also found solid success when we visited New Balance in Lawrence, MA, to do an LEI case study: "For Athletic Shoe Company, the Soul of Lean Management Is Problem Solving."No registration required.