News of the Week
16 February 2006
National Association of What??? The National Association of Manufacturers is extolling the virtues of three of its members who received a prestigious…
Low Tuition + Good Football = Useful Education
15 February 2006
The fundamental math and logic of inventory management has been part of the APICS Certification regimen for better than a couple of decades. Not being…
Postscript: Henry and Harvey Would Like Microsoft
14 February 2006
As a follow up to my previous post concerning automotive supplier abuse, I thought you ought to know the alternative. The Microsoft XBox 360 was supp…
Henry And Harvey Would Be Ashamed
14 February 2006
Yesterday, Kevin wrote about Jim Womack's latest piece in the Wall Street Journal, including his statement that General Motors and Ford are "…
I Can't Explain It
12 February 2006
As a student of everything having to do with lean manufacturing, and Henry Ford, in particular, I have long been stymied by Ford's racial and ethn…
It's About Time
10 February 2006
I came across an article a few days ago that described a project launched by Intel to have some of their people attend a school for auto racing pit cr…
Jim's The Man
9 February 2006
Kathleen Fasanella, of Fashion Incubator fame, sent me her book, The Entrepreneur's Guide To Sewn Products Manufacturing. While I have not plowed…
C'mon Jim, Wrassle the Bear
8 February 2006
Yesterday Jim Womack issued another lean epistle, this one called "A Tale of Two Business Systems" - go ahead and read it. Every word of it…