Oops of the Day: Watch Those Document Revisions
17 August 2009
We've all been there, or had nightmares of it: sending out the unintended email or a document with unintended content. However even in our nightma…
5 Questions - Meet Sean Skinner
16 August 2009
In this edition of 5 Questions we meet Sean Skinner, a lean practitioner. -------- 1. Who are you? What organization are you with? What are your cur…
5 Questions - Meet Dr. Sami Bahri, the "Lean Dentist"
10 August 2009
In this edition of 5 Questions we meet Dr. Sami Bahri, sometimes called "The Lean Dentist," and author of the recently-published Follow the…
Not Exactly a Value Stream
8 August 2009
I've been somewhat amused over the last few days as Democrats try to squelch the mailing of a rather interesting chart purporting to diagram the D…
Missing the Equation on Bonuses
7 August 2009
Ah the evils of bonuses. At least that's what the public has been lead to believe in conjunction with the ongoing financial crisis. And to add fue…
GM's Continued Infatuation With the Top Line
5 August 2009
30 months ago... yes 30, we told you about GM's love of the top line - sales - as opposed to what truly matters. Don't underestimate the impac…
The New "Short Term": 30 Milliseconds
28 July 2009
We often rail against the short-term perspective by traditional investors, especially when lean manufacturing transformations can take years. Financia…
What Non-Interference Really Looks Like
26 July 2009
Several months ago when the government decided to bail out incompetence and distort free market accountability for poor business decisions by effectiv…