Every morning now I get an e-mail from a new Web site— supplychaindaily.com. You may have heard of it and may even be using it.

Instead, you'll receive a daily e-mail with links to stories relevant to your interests, saving you time and effort in finding them otherwise. The stories are from 150 RSS feeds from sites as diverse as mmh.com and forbes.com. And while supplychaindaily.com is a sister site of mmh.com, it also carries RSS feeds from our competitors.

Now that's a novel approach! You see we're trying to get you the information you want and need. Not just the information we at Modern write and edit. I hope you give the site a look and sign up for the daily news feeds. You'll be interested in what you find. I certainly am.

From www.evolvingexcellence.com this week I got a story on "The Culture Side of Lean Manufacturing." The piece talks about how not to build a lean culture, using General Motors as an example.

When I read it, I couldn't help but think of the ProMat Show Wrap-Up report we have called "Thriving on Lean." It focuses on how three companies—Buck Knives, New Balance and Ariens—took lean to heart and made it their culture. It's a nice complement to what Evolving Excellence did.

By the way, the lean story is not our only coverage of ProMat. You'll find other stories in News & Trends:

Our "Stars of the Show" report, and Product Showcase. As you'll notice, quite a bit happened at the show, some of it quite innovative.

Speaking of shows, I want to call your attention to RFID World 2007 ( shorecliffcommunications.com) at the end of March. One of the featured RFID success stories that week will be FloraHolland. This largest of Dutch flower cooperatives uses RFID to track cut flowers through its auction house. Better yet, you don't have to wait until March to get the story. It's right here.

As you can see from supplychaindaily.com to FloraHolland, all we're committed to keeping you ahead of the curve.