Gemba Academy Turns Two!
28 February 2011
In March of 2009 I, along with Jon Miller and Ron Pereira, launched Gemba Academy. We had no idea what to expect when the site first went live… initi…
More Problems is a Good Thing
27 February 2011
We all know how easy it is to jump to the quick and easy conclusion that people are the cause of problems. We see it every day in every organization -…
Lessons from the History and Hypocrisy of Politics
27 February 2011
This post is going to tick off a bunch of folks from both ends of the political spectrum, but there's a limit to how much centrist libertarians li…
Yes, There is Manufacturing in San Francisco
23 February 2011
And I don't mean San Francisco, Mexico. This is "high cost" San Francisco in nutty "high cost" California in the "uncompe…
The Outsourcing Lesson of Boeing - Part 2
20 February 2011
Yesterday I gave you the first lesson of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner outsourcing adventure - the savings from outsourcing design and subassembly manuf…
The Outsourcing Lesson of Boeing - Part 1
20 February 2011
For years we've kept you updated on Boeing's outsourcing adventures and how that game has created major problems for the 787 Dreamliner progra…
Fun With Statistics - The Global Tax Compendium
14 February 2011
By Kevin Meyer It's been a while since we had a Fun With Statistics post, but fellow blogger Jason Yip just pointed me to PWC's just-released…
ThyssenKrupp Doesn't Whine, They Do
10 February 2011
By Kevin Meyer I know a few folks over at steelmaker ThyssenKrupp and they've often told me of their continuous improvement efforts. Apparently…