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…
Houston We Have a Problem
8 February 2011
I always take time to read the reports from our sales folks as they provide some great insight into what's happening at our customers. One in part…
Still Your Father's Chevrolet
3 February 2011
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. It doesn't take much to tell this tale... consider the first news item: GM said it sold 178,896…