There Is No Lean Niche
20 June 2006
According to the Swindon Business News, "Manufacturers of items such as luxury jams, hand-built furniture and studio-quality home audio equipment…
IPod Sweatshop Update
19 June 2006
In the latest twist on the London Mail On Sunday article accusing Apple of making IPods in sweatshops in China, Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that ow…
As If This Weren't Bad Enough
19 June 2006
Just a couple of brief announcements ... As if my daily rantings and ramblings in Evolving Excellence weren't enough, the Lean Executive blog is…
Strategy Is For Amateurs
19 June 2006
American manufacturing has thrived for a mighty long time by standing on the shoulders of some incredible civil engineering. Not a whole lot of people…
The Innovator's Folly 5 - The Bottom Line
19 June 2006
While the mass producers who are agog about innovation are right in line with the hare in the old 'Tortoise and the Hare' parable, lean manufa…
The Innovator's Folly 4 - Imitation Is The Sincerest Form of Profitability
18 June 2006
Bob Lutz and Mark Fields have talked loud and often about the urgent need to create exciting, innovative products. GM will be saved when Lutz comes u…
The Innovator's Folly 3 - Darwin Style
18 June 2006
I learned innovation's proper perspective when I had the privilege of translating Hiroyuki Hirano's book, JIT Is Flow, from the crude Jangales…
Hey Joe, Ponga Su Cheesesteak Donde El Sol No Brilla, Por Favor
17 June 2006
I imagine just about everyone has heard of the guy in Philadelphia who put the sign in his cheesesteak joint saying, "This is America. When order…