Ginger, Toys, and What Else?
19 November 2007
The Wall Street Journal this morning has a front page article detailing the long and convoluted supply chain that brings ginger from small farms in Ch…
19 November 2007
The Wall Street Journal this morning has a front page article detailing the long and convoluted supply chain that brings ginger from small farms in Ch…
18 November 2007
Walk into just about any workplace these days and you'll find the same motivational posters, with ubiquitous themes like "synergy," wha…
15 November 2007
Once again we've come across a great example of a company that knows how to be globally competitive from U.S.-based factories, even in a relativel…
10 November 2007
Several of us stayed at the Chicago Hilton last week while at the AME Annual Conference and I believe we were all impressed with the level of service.…
9 November 2007
Up until recently the prevailing wisdom has been that GM's turnaround started earlier and was progressing faster than Ford's. I've questi…
9 November 2007
I've been lucky enough to know Norman Bodek for several years. He was the original translator of many of the works of of Shigeo Shingo and Taiich…
7 November 2007
We often harp on domestic manufacturers that would prefer to whine and complain about every conceivably microscopic "competitive barrier" in…
6 November 2007
As of a couple days ago the television and film writers are on strike, apparently due to some dispute over DVD and "new media" earnings. As…