Sophisticated Waste Management
26 October 2006
I just returned from a get-together with the Honda Suppliers Group where I had the honor of ranting to the assembled gang about accounting, management…
Economics 101
17 October 2006
I thought I'd toss in an economics 101 primer for any of our new friends from US New & World Report or NAM who happen to stumble by after read…
A Wretched Excuse For Management
16 October 2006
While it seems perfectly clear to me, sometimes folks have a difficult time connecting the dots when I rail against Wall Street, the outsourcers, the…
Lean Bling Bling
10 October 2006
It often seems that the full time challenge of parenting teenagers is fighting the role model wars. Having raised both, I'm not sure which is wor…
Manufacturing Welfare Programs
9 October 2006
Airbus and its parent company, EADS, are not really a manufacturing company. Rather, they are a massive European welfare program that passes out payc…
Losing To The Chinese On Quality?
6 October 2006
Not all outsourcing from American manufacturing to Asia is the result of short sighted management or Wall Street insanity. Some of it is the direct r…
How Many Legs Does A Lean Dog Have?
29 September 2006
Abraham Lincoln told a lot of stories, usually to make a point. One of his favorites was to ask someone, "If you call a dog's tail a leg, ho…
The Summary of the Summit
26 September 2006
It has taken me a couple of days to come to a conclusion concerning the Lean Accounting Summit and to distill all of my thoughts into a central point.…