Wanna Buy A Crunchie Bar ... Cheap?
14 June 2006
A funny thing happened to the folks at Cadbury Schweppes on their way to implementing a global IT strategy with the clever acronym, PROBE (Program for…
Snorkeling To Manufacturing Extinction
13 June 2006
Everyone knows the analogy Ohno used to describe inventory - that it is represented by the water level in a river full of rocks. Lean manufacturers se…
Ramblings On Lean Management and Culture
12 June 2006
Last week, the topic of whether Japanese culture is the cause of the lack of lean success in the U.S. came up over at NWLean, and a lot of folks weigh…
It's All About Management
12 June 2006
Another performance measurement of the auto industry came out, with the usual results: Toyota way out ahead of the pack, followed in order by Honda, N…
Economy of Scale II
11 June 2006
A few days ago, I announced that Economy of Scale was dead. Those who took the time to read the comments may have noted that Eric Husman disagreed. Th…
The PowerAde - WallyAde Wars
10 June 2006
When Coke and Walmart tussle over distribution issues, it should be a clinic of leading edge thinking. The rest of the world should be able to sit bac…
Required Reading For The Weekend
9 June 2006
Sometimes a title conveys all you need to know to judge something. For instance, I heard that Toby Keith approached Willie Nelson at an awards show an…
A Stake In The Heart of Economy Of Scale
7 June 2006
It is about to become painfully, crystal clear: The essential innovation Toyota made was SMED - Single Minute Exchange of Dies. Nothing else about the…