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…
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…