Private Efficiency
22 August 2007
A few days ago we told you about a McKinsey study on how public organizations are beginning to implement lean manufacturing methods. Government has a…
More Evidence of IBM Being LAME
20 August 2007
Yesterday we told you about IBM claiming they are implementing lean manufacturing... by laying off people. Obviously this flies right in the face of r…
IBM Goes LAME
19 August 2007
Here's a headline from last week: IBM Goes Lean. Sounds interesting, and the first sentence gives us hope that another company has seen the light…
Counting Economists
19 August 2007
This is a little off topic, but many of you know that I have a fascination with economics, or perhaps a better way of saying it is that I have a fasci…
Fun With Statistics, Median Edition
17 August 2007
Previous editions of Fun With Statistics have seen us explore various distortions and misrepresentations of statistical data, but today's post has…
McKinsey on Lean: Part 5 - Lean in Finance
16 August 2007
This is part of a five part series on a recent McKinsey series of article on lean manufacturing. Other posts in the series: Introduction, Public Secto…
McKinsey on Lean: Part 4 - Lean in China
16 August 2007
This is part of a five part series on a recent McKinsey series of article on lean manufacturing. Other posts in the series: Introduction, Public Secto…
McKinsey on Lean: Part 3 - Lean in IT
16 August 2007
This is part of a five part series on a recent McKinsey series of article on lean manufacturing. Other posts in the series: Introduction, Public Secto…