Outsourcing Goes Infomercial
21 June 2006
The June 26th issue of BusinessWeek has a "special advertising section" entitled "Outsourcing Round Table". Perhaps Bill's re…
One Piece Flow and the Power of Chaos... in Italian Traffic
11 June 2006
I just returned from a couple weeks of R&R in Italy, and it looks like I have quite a bit of reading to do to catch up on. Last year while visiti…
Creating Historical Balance
21 May 2006
Each quarter for the past 20+ years I've received the alumni magazine from my alma mater. Each time I usually read the class notes section first.…
A Spot of Lean Tea
14 May 2006
Every year or so one of our neighbors takes us out for Sunday brunch. She is considerably older than us, a world-traveller, very refined and formal,…
Listen to Lean... and More!
11 May 2006
Just a quick note that we've listened to your suggestions and in the spirit of continuous improvement we've implemented some enhancements to t…
Mother Nature vs. Supply Chain
10 May 2006
We've all experienced the occassional wrath of Mother Nature on our operations... leaky roofs, electrical outages, and the like. But what happens…
Your Competitors May Not Be So Blind
9 May 2006
Have you thought recently about how the internet has changed the world? I'm dating myself, but I do remember playing Pong in high school, feeding…
Sometimes It Takes A Wizard
2 May 2006
In general I agree with Bill’s perception of books and articles that try to analyze and stratify leadership by any number of criteria. As he puts it,…