Show Me The Yen
10 September 2005
There is a very interesting article in the Cincinnati Enquirer this morning, written by Yuri Kageyama of the AP, titled Japanese Remain Wary of Borrow…
I Don't Think Ohno Would Approve
1 September 2005
There was an absurd article on CNN's web site describing a problem the folks who live near Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant have with the co…
Why Women Should Lead All Lean Implementations
1 September 2005
Dinner at my house consisted of calling the local pizza guy last night. It was not planned that way, but the product of my hour in the kitchen turned…
Reflections On Shigeo Shingo
27 August 2005
I have had a chance to get to know Norm Bodek pretty well over the past few months, which has been a great experience. For those who don't know hi…
Inbreeding is killing 'em
19 August 2005
Just for fun, I spent a few minutes cruising Monster.com to see if anything had changed and, unfortunately, the vast majority of the jobs in automotiv…
Walmart A Victim OF Hirano's Linearization?
16 August 2005
Hiroyuki Hirano, the leading lean industrial engineering guru in Japan these days, says the world is moving to an economy of "linearization"…
Mea culpa, Mea culpa
10 August 2005
The sheer volume in my email inbox as result of my post yesterday concerning Industry Week's list of the top 50 manufacturing companies is testame…
Where Have All the Manufacturers Gone?
9 August 2005
I recently had an opportunity to read Industry Week's list of the 50 best performing, publicly traded 'manufacturing' companies. I was di…