JIT Is Flow
12 April 2006
I have to put in a plug for a new book called JIT Is Flow by Hiroyuki Hirano. In the interest of full disclosure, yeah, I had a small hand in editing…
Walmart Escalates War on US Manufacturers
11 April 2006
Walmart's business model has long been biased against American manufacturers. They have forced American companies to compete on Asian producers&#…
Business Week & NAM - The Blind Leading the Blind
8 April 2006
So you think manufacturing productivity is way up, do you? Think again. Every genius from those employed by the government to the academic community…
Toyota Opens The End Game
8 April 2006
Toyota is all over the news this weekend - especially in Detroit. As usual, everything about them is impressive, and as usual, few people, if any, ev…
The Will 'O The Wisp of Value Streams
5 April 2006
There is a great article in CIO, which bills itself as "Australia's Magazine for Information Executives" called Fie On Fiefdoms , summar…
Do It Michael - Please
3 April 2006
When Michael Dell made his foray into selling cars through CarsDirect, that was OK with Detroit. All he did was put together a collection of dealers…
GM and CBS: A Match Made In Heaven
2 April 2006
On Sunday night, the trials and tribulations of GM were featured on the CBS show Sixty Minutes. Never ones to let the facts get in the way of a good…
Lean Machines
2 April 2006
In some respects the lean manufacturing community is like the IT community. There are software people and there are hardware people, with not much co…