Beware the Expensive Castle
14 July 2008
Money may not be able to buy love or happiness, but apparently it can definitely create a barrier for the competition. Intel Corp. is turning 40 year…
Nardelli - Customer Advocate?
13 July 2008
Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli is on a mission to change Chrysler's culture. Over the decades when Detroit's Big Three dominated the nation'…
Power to the People
12 July 2008
Those of us in the lean manufacturing world have known for a long time that one of the most powerful ways to create change and efficiency is by levera…
It's Global, Baby
11 July 2008
Let's review some recent statements on the manufacturing economy: Now many exporters and workshops here have shut their doors. Others, their work…
Leadership in the Internet Age
10 July 2008
Lean bloggers are not exactly the biggest fans of Jack Welch, but a couple weeks ago he penned a prescient column for Business Week discussing leaders…
The Real Reason for the Chevy Volt
9 July 2008
It looks like GM is continuing to focus on the top line, sales, in deference to the bottom line, profits. Actually they don't seem all that focus…
The Value of Not Overthinking
8 July 2008
And all this time we thought that decisions arose consciously by thoroughly evaluating the data and coming to a conclusion. Maybe not. Fishing in th…
Maybe They'll Listen to Womack
7 July 2008
We often push the fact that manufacturing is expanding in the U.S. and it really is possible to compete globally from U.S. factories... even in low ma…