The Cascading Cost of Rehiring
19 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer A couple of recent stories on the same topic but from different angles really helps point out the cost of laying off. First Richard M…
The Lesson of Teddy Bears
17 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Thanks for regular reader Craig for bringing this story to our attention - another example of the hidden costs of outsourcing. The Ge…
A Rube Goldberg Creation of Rare Perversity
16 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Obviously with that kind of title I can only mean the insanity created, again, when the free market force of nature meets skewed polit…
Santa Claus and Outsourcing
12 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer What could have happened if our friend Santa Claus had succumbed to the call of the outsourcing lemmings? Another Christmas, another…
Remember the Perspective of Value
10 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Sometimes we forget that in the lean world value, and waste, is defined from the perspective of the customer. An article in a recent…
Speaking of Value...
9 January 2010
Sometimes you really have to wonder... How quickly dreams can become nightmares. Just a few days after the engineering team behind the Chevrolet Vol…
Motiv's Scott Wilbur Teaches Brunswick a Lesson
8 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer Here's a great Fox News segment on how Brunswick moved a bowling ball factory from Michigan to Mexico to chase cheap labor... and…
Cross-training, Bloomberg Style
7 January 2010
By Kevin Meyer For a couple years I've been giving you snippets of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's leadership style. Sure he has a lot of detr…