Outsourcing - A Goofy and Sophomoric Idea
15 August 2010
Over the past few months we've told you many stories of companies returning to North America as they realize that the reality of offshore manufact…
So Did the Shingo Prize Really Change?
13 August 2010
It's been almost exactly five years since Bill and I took the Shingo Prize to task (to put it gently) for some rather bizarre selections of suppos…
Slice!
13 August 2010
Just to make sure we don't get lulled into a false state of bucolic complacency with so many companies "re-shoring" back to America, the…
Fun with Statistics - Framing the Analysis Edition
8 August 2010
In this edition of our irregular Fun with Statistics series we take a look at an oft-unforeseen pitfall of analysis: inadvertently framing the analysi…
Reshoring Goes Mainstream
6 August 2010
We've mentioned the reshoring phenomena several times lately. Many companies are finally waking up to the realities of total cost when dealing wit…
What's Volkswagen Up To?
4 August 2010
Half a year ago Bill made an interesting prediction on the future of Volkswagen that made several of us wonder what he might have been smoking. But on…
Watering Down a Spill of Unintended Consequences
1 August 2010
Regular readers know that a pet peeve of mine is the lack of true root cause analysis and long-term perspective by presumably well-intended but short-…
GM and Ford - Another Check on our Undesired Investment
24 July 2010
A couple of news items lately prompted me to take a look at my undesired investment, as a taxpayer, in General Motors. With a couple of very specific…