Show notes: https://www.leanblog.org/20 
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The LeanBlog Podcast is back with episode #20, our guest is Kevin Meyer, the founder of Superfactory Ventures, which can be found at Superfactory.com. You may know Kevin from his popular blog, Evolving Excellence. We'll be talking about a number of lean topics including his upcoming panel moderation at the Kellogg Manufacturing Business Conference, being held in Evanston IL in May. For more episodes, visit www.leanpodcast.org. Also visit the Lean Blog at www.leanblog.org.
Show Notes and Approximate Time, Episode #20
1:30 How Kevin got started with Lean
3:00 About the Evolving Excellence Blog
5:00 Blogging as a learning experience
6:00 Kevin will be speaking at Northwestern University, moderating a panel discussion on in-sourcing on on-shoring at their Manufacturing Business Conference
6:20 Companies that have been able to build manufacturing competencies in the U.S., rather than running overseas, looking at total cost, rather than just labor cost
8:00 The conference is May 12, open to registration by the public (main conference page)
8:15 A list of companies Kevin has talked about on the blog
9:10 How can we spread the word and fight the perception that you can't do manufacturing here?
9:45 Kevin's example of a custom ski manufacturer who imports very small quantities from China rather than doing it here
10:30 Danaher as a good example of lean and U.S. competitiveness
10:50 American Leather, building furniture here in Texas
12:20 Kevin's example of Avery Dennison

13:30 Are retailers encouraging lean practices or pushing suppliers overseas?
14:30 Are there some valid reasons for building in China?
15:40 Kevin's example of American Apparel
16:30 New Zealand manufacturing and off-shoring pressures
17:30 Kevin talks about lean and the value of experience in the workforce, Whirlpool example of moving to Mexico and throwing away that experience
20:30 The book from the blog, written by Kevin and Bill Waddell : Evolving Excellence: Thoughts on Lean Enterprise Leadership