Tyranny of the Outsourcers
11 October 2006
Last July we told you about a duel at NAM, where the Hunter/Ryan bill divided the larger "manufacturers" (primarily outsourcers) and the sma…
Lean Advantage in a Flat World
7 October 2006
It’s not every day that I agree with Tom Friedman, but his October 6th column on Big Ideas and No Boundaries is pretty much right on the money. He tal…
Process Excellence Conundrums
5 October 2006
Earlier this week I flew to the other coast to be remotely sequestered with five or six of the most influential people in the lean world. For a variet…
Mis-Leveraged Outsourcing
4 October 2006
“The biggest leverage a manufacturing company has is the ability to outsource.” - Ivan Feinseth, Matrix USA I could almost end the post without comme…
GM Execs Need More Hummers
28 September 2006
That really was the headline of a recent CNN article... I'm not talented enough to make that stuff up. (Update: CNN apparently didn't find it…
Myopic Mis-focus
27 September 2006
I try hard to avoid picking on NAM. Really I do. But sometimes banging my head against the wall just doesn't relieve the frustration with an organ…
Lean Sandwich, Hold the Bread
23 September 2006
One of the presentations at the Lean Accounting Summit was titled "Lean by the Numbers", and had the following description: "Learn abo…
Course Correction Complements of Norman Bodek
22 September 2006
I’m on my way back from a very successful Lean Accounting Summit, and I’m sure Bill and I will have more on this in the near future. One major highli…