Heavy Heads of Consultants
7 March 2007
I read a lot of blogs each day, probably well over 100. Using an aggregator like Bloglines or even the new Google feed reader makes it actually fairly…
Outsourcing Knowledge
6 March 2007
A couple weeks ago we told you about transnational flights of knowledge created by short-sighted government tax or regulatory situations. Highly-skill…
Return on Talent
5 March 2007
Regular readers know that a recurring theme in this blog is the oft-forgotten "respect for people" pillar of lean manufacturing and the Toyo…
Lean Won't Work Here!
3 March 2007
How many times have we heard the phrase "lean manufacturing won't work here, we're different!"? More times than I can count, from pe…
Airbust?
2 March 2007
Through a rather amazing political confluence, Airbus' CEO Louis Gallois announced approval of their new Power8 restructuring plan. We've chro…
Lean and Globalization in the Auto Wars
1 March 2007
The BBC has been pushing the lean impact of the auto wars over the past few days. Two days ago they had a story on The Triumph of Lean Production comp…
Pay for Availability
28 February 2007
The current Knowledge @ Wharton has an article on an emerging trend to pay for equipment only when it is performing to expectations. This type of cont…
High Wage Competition
27 February 2007
One of my favorite blogs, Cafe Hayek, had an intriguing post earlier this week titled Competing With High-Wage Workers. Don Boudreaux's premise is…