People, Diapers, and Kegs
29 August 2007
A couple of recent news stories, albeit on subjects completely unrelated to manufacturing, have made me ask if we do a good job retaining and reinforc…
Chinese Best Practices
28 August 2007
A recent McKinsey Quarterly has a book excerpt titled Bringing Best Practice to China, which describes the evolving level of management and operationa…
Fun With Statistics, Digging Deeper Edition
28 August 2007
How many people take statistics at face value without diving deeper? In a larger sense that's the point behind our irregular Fun With Statistics s…
Lean Accounting Summit In One Month
25 August 2007
We are now only a month away from the Lean Accounting Summit in Orlando, September 27-28. Rooms at the conference hotel, the Disney Yacht and Beach Cl…
Oh Dell Oh Dell
25 August 2007
I've been a Dell customer for many, many years. Partly due to their offering the right computer for my needs at the right price... not the most ex…
Dreamliner Gridlock
24 August 2007
The Boeing Dreamliner is a beautiful piece of engineering and design, however in the past we've taken Boeing to task for the supply chain convolut…
Globalization and Fresh Horse Sushi
22 August 2007
Now there's a title for the squeamish! But guess what... a few years from now you may be craving it. An article in today's Knowledge@Wharton t…
Kudos to Marlin Steel Wire
22 August 2007
An article in last Sunday's Washington Post Magazine tells us about Marlin Steel Wire, a company that has found a way to be globally competitive f…