You Do The Math
20 July 2006
A couple of guys named William - Trudell and Carreira - recently wrote a new lean book called "Lean Six Sigma That Works" and, while I haven…
Painting NAM Into A Corner
15 July 2006
Kevin recently wrote on the schism opening up at NAM and he quite accurately pointed out that neither side grasped the fundamental issues they must fa…
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Manufacturing
4 July 2006
The founders of the United States demonstrated quite a bit of wisdom in many areas and it is fitting that one of our our most widely, happily and pass…
Lean Goebbels Style
3 July 2006
The guiding principles behind Josepf Goebbels masterful propoganda campaign were written by his mentor: Common people " more readily fall victim…
Boy Wonders, Quick Fixes and Jackasses
1 July 2006
GM stock posted its biggest single day gain in months yesterday on the strength of an idea suggested by their largest stockholder, Kirk Kirkorian. The…
Nobody's Fool X 2
30 June 2006
"To see the enemy up close, Ford Motor Co.'s president of the Americas [Mark Fields] took a slight detour on a recent trip to San Antonio and…
Just Start Learning
30 June 2006
Somewhere along the way I learned the basic principle that you can always determine someone's priorities in life by looking at how they spend thei…
Management Bombs Out In Deming
28 June 2006
Some idiot phoned in a bomb threat to Solitaire Homes, a manufactured housing company in Deming, New Mexico the other day. The plant had to be evacuat…