Process Charity
11 September 2007
Yesterday I had the opportunity to take several bags of used clothing to a local charity. Many of us (I hope) do this, as often our discarded clothes…
The Curse of Cheap Metal Shelves
10 September 2007
Among my top five most despised activities is putting together those cheap rickety metal shelves that you can buy at pretty much any hardware store. Y…
Fun With Statistics, Garbage Edition
7 September 2007
How often have we heard that the U.S. was running out of land fill space, packaging adds to waste issues, and recycling helps protect the environment?…
Outsourcing's Carbon Footprint
6 September 2007
We've often discussed how outsourcing lemmings generally look at just one factor, labor cost, when deciding to offshore manufacturing. In reality…
The Entropy of Lean
5 September 2007
Steve Conover over at one my favorite blogs, The Skeptical Optimist, had a fascinating post the other day discussing "useful" and "not-…
The Hyper Evolving Organization
3 September 2007
Quick! What organization has, in about six months, gone from being virtually non-existent to being a larger employer than 96% of all U.S. businesses?…
The Glories of Indian Auto ERP
1 September 2007
InfoWorld Nederland has a fascinating and surprisingly deep article on the implementation of a fairly customized ERP system at Maruti Udyog, one of In…
McKinsey Hollows Out Lego
30 August 2007
About 18 months ago Bill told you how Jorgen Vig Knudstorp, chief guy at Lego and former McKinsey wizard, had decided to outsource most of Lego's…