And On And On We Go
2 April 2009
For those who haven't dug into lean deeply enough to understand how accounting is the real problem, and Lean Accounting is an absolute prerequisit…
Pop Goes China
31 March 2009
It may have passed under your radar in the global economic hubub, but Chinese manufacturing is in the tank and sinking deeper. While the economic melt…
And They Say Crime Doesn't Pay
30 March 2009
Bank of America got $25 billion last Fall, then another $20 billion in January, plus a guarantee against losses of $118 billion, and now the New York…
Cheatin' With MATI
26 March 2009
I thought I'd give you a break from all of the grand philosophical ranting and actually write about something practical. Not to worry. I won't…
Walmart - The Lean Enforcer
24 March 2009
I need to start off with a profound apology to Walmart. In my prior blogging life I trashed them pretty good for driving American manufacturing to Chi…
Harvard, Toyota, and the Rest of the Story
23 March 2009
The piece I wrote last week concerning the elite Eastern colleges and their misguided stranglehold on the American economy raised a bit of a stir, inc…
Homozygosity - That's The Problem!
18 March 2009
Whether it is talking to a group of company executives, speaking before a local APICS chapter, or writing the blog, there is an ever present challenge…
Life On This Side Of The Rubicon
13 March 2009
A fact that the lean community has known for a long time is beginning to dawn on the rest of the world ... that there are two kinds of companies in th…