Elephants Make Lousy Supply Chain Models
10 December 2012
The folks at The Christian Science Monitor wrote about some head-shakingly bad experiences with on line shopping the other day: "First up is Koh…
iPads and Chia Pets
7 December 2012
By now I am sure just about everyone has read that Apple's Tim Cook has announced that Apple will start making some computers in the United States…
So Many Lessons, So Little Time
6 December 2012
The New York Times has run a series of stories written by a guy who runs a woodworking company in the Philadelphia area in which the author/ business…
Who Are We Kidding?
1 December 2012
We call them the LLCC's - the Low Labor Cost Countries - and we rationalize having the goods we buy made there through a convenient, but entirley…
Executives to the Rescue
29 November 2012
Once there was a manufacturing executive who was concerned about the inaccurate financial information he was getting, so he moved his desk up to the a…
Random Notes
27 November 2012
An interesting article over at Industry Week: Lean's High Tech Makeover - Toyota matches its Toyota Production System with advanced automation…
Think for Yourself
21 November 2012
The good folks at McKinsey have put out a massive report called "Manufacturing the Future: The Next Era of Global Growth and Innovation". Th…
The Anatomy of A Twinkie
19 November 2012
It seems rather curious that Hostess Brands CEO Gregory Rayburn would have so much time to talk to the business press over the last week or so as his…