Candy for Valentines
14 February 2008
Here's a treat for Valentine's... a peek inside the Jelly Belly factory. Several of us have visited that factory near Napa Valley in Californ…
Circumventing the Credit Crunch
13 February 2008
The credit crunch is on everyone's mind these days, from individuals looking to purchase homes and cars to businesses trying to acquire new equipm…
Need Some Eager Workers?
11 February 2008
Those of you that happened to see ABC News this evening probably saw a pretty incredible story. A story about a company that has tapped into a workfo…
Pay Me Now Or Pay Me Later
9 February 2008
This morning I came across a story that immediately raised my hackles since it was titled Lean and Mean. Obviously linking lean manufacturing methods…
Kudos to Cascade Designs
8 February 2008
Green, sustainable, and lean... the concepts often go hand in hand. Coincidentally one of the concepts behind the Lean and Green Summit to be held in…
Half Right... No, Not Even
8 February 2008
Believe it or not, it's actually been a couple months since we've gone into battle with the false gods of the almighty algorithm. Perhaps the…
Lean Public Services
5 February 2008
Lean manufacturing methods are being applied to areas completely unrelated to manufacturing itself... health care, education, office and administratio…
Missed Opportunity Spawns a Competitor
4 February 2008
About a year ago we told you how Boeing had recently spun off part of its Commerical Airplanes group, supposedly to reduce costs and focus on "la…