Missing the Equation on Bonuses
7 August 2009
By Kevin Meyer Ah the evils of bonuses. At least that's what the public has been lead to believe in conjunction with the ongoing financial crisi…
GM's Continued Infatuation With the Top Line
5 August 2009
By Kevin Meyer 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 undere…
Update on the Superfactory 20 Lean Company Stocks
2 August 2009
Things seem to be turning around. Most of the companies that form part of the Superfactory 20 showed gains in July, with the average of the Superfact…
Stuff and More Stuff
1 August 2009
It's Sunday; time to take a break for some lighter fare. After last weekend's post on downsizing to a smaller house with less storage space,…
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. Financi…
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…
Going Small
25 July 2009
A recent article in the LA Times reminded me of one of my posts from a couple years ago where I proposed that people should look for new homes with le…
Google Chrome - A Lean Operation System?
24 July 2009
Most of you know by now that Google is taking on Microsoft on sacred Microsoft turf... the Windows operating system. Just as Microsoft is making a su…