Upgrading In The Desert
21 October 2005
Bear with me here - this is a story with a happy ending. It just starts out like the same old nagging about manufacturers who spend so much time grov…
And You Thought Martha Was A Crook
20 October 2005
That Delphi, GM and Ford are struggling to deal with 'legacy costs' - the cost of guaranteed paychecks and health care coverage for retired an…
Why Delphi Is Important
19 October 2005
One more sad story out of Detroit really doesn't mean much. The Delphi bankruptcy is actually one of the auto industry's lesser crises at the…
Where Is Marketing In All of This?
18 October 2005
A senior manufacturing manager was telling me the story of his company's initial move down the lean path, and how it began at an annual company of…
Made In Shanghai
5 October 2005
Most folks in the U.S. have never heard of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). They will. SAIC has a joint venture with General Motors…
Lawyers, Used Car Salesmen and Lean Consultants
30 September 2005
I recently had a chance to catch up with an old colleague - my first boss, in fact - who is now a senior executive with a Midwestern manufacturing com…
What A Summit
26 September 2005
I had the opportunity to present a few thoughts at the first Lean Accounting Summit in Dearborn, Michigan last week and it was an uplifting experience…
They'll Never Learn
15 September 2005
Sad to say, most people did not actually read the 9/11 Commission Report, leaving it to CNN or Fox News to tell them what to think about it. That'…