More Lean Haircuts
4 September 2009
A couple years ago I made a valiant attempt to draw some vague link between haircuts and lean. Basically the time it takes to go through that morning…
Whirlpool Evansville Dies the Unnecessary but Expected Death
3 September 2009
We’ve been following the story of Whirlpool’s Evansville refrigerator factory for several years. Back in August of 2006 we told you about one round of…
Bashing Suppliers Into Submission
1 September 2009
You would think that one of the lessons from the destruction of Ford, GM, and Chrysler (ok, GM and Chrysler) would be that you can't beat up your…
NCR Retreats from Outsourcing
30 August 2009
It's starting to be a trend... a good one for a change. Companies rethinking their outsourcing strategy after realizing how traditional accounting…
Kona Recharge
29 August 2009
Yes I know I’ve been a bit absent lately. Sorry about that. Somehow the real job… jobs... passions… keeps getting in the way of penning some rants. It…
The Waste of Word
21 August 2009
Us lean geeks seem to find waste at every turn and in every crevice, but this was a new one for me. A couple days ago I told you about faux precision,…
Leading in the Gemba
20 August 2009
Dr. Henry Mintzberg of McGill University's management school penned an article in the latest Business Week decrying a lack of management... not le…
Fun With Statistics - Veneer of Verisimilitude Edition
19 August 2009
It's been a long while, probably over a year, since I've done a Fun With Statistics post, but the WSJ gave me the perfect opportunity to dive…