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…
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…