Facts Required? Egads!
27 June 2009
Sometimes you really have to wonder... A U.S. Supreme Court ruling focused on national security may end up as the most significant decision for bus…
History - and Vision - in One Sentence
27 June 2009
A few months ago I wrote how Twitter and haiku can help us create focus and clarity of mission. Condensing our values, desires, and beliefs into 140 c…
The Nimitz Goes To Home Depot
22 June 2009
Regular readers know that I have a particular disdain for overly complex MRP and ERP systems, and recommend spending about 0.1% of the cost and going…
5 Questions - Meet Jon Miller
21 June 2009
In this week's edition of 5 Questions we meet Jon Miller of Gemba Research. ---- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are you…
The Potentially Deadly Annual Inventory
20 June 2009
Traditional organizations, especially in the manufacturing sector, usually go through a grueling exercise called "inventory" or "&#…
The Toyota Half-Way
15 June 2009
By Bob Emiliani This article is from the Superfactory Archives, an archive of content from the Superfactory website that existed from 1997 to 2012.…
5 Questions - Meet Kevin Meyer
15 June 2009
Several of you asked for it, so in this week's edition of 5 Questions we meet... me. ------- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and…
The Preventive Performance Review
14 June 2009
One of the most loathed supervisory activities in a traditional organization is the performance review. In the worst case the reviews aren't condu…