The Impact of Mean Visuals
25 January 2009
Those of us in the lean world know the power of visual controls to convey information, metrics, and methods. But can the design of the visual control…
Factory Tour of the Week: Porsche in the 1960's
24 January 2009
This week we take a journey back in time to see a Porsche factory in the 1960's.…
Examples of Excellence - Small Improvements Board
23 January 2009
This week's Examples of Excellence brings us a "Small Improvements" board (err... window), where small improvement ideas are posted and…
Stop the Fake Sales Already
22 January 2009
A short blurb in yesterday's Wall Street Journal tweaked my sensibilities yet again. Health-care giant Johnson & Johnson braced investors for…
Boeing Abandons the Hollywood Model
21 January 2009
We've talked a lot about Boeing over the last few years, from deriding the supply chain convolutions that created the need for Rube Goldberg contr…
Even 3rd Graders Get Leadership
20 January 2009
Consultants, analysts, academes, and pretty much every assorted pontificating polemic seem to spend countless hours trying to dissect that beast calle…
Microtransfers at American Apparel
19 January 2009
The last few months have been very tough for many companies, especially those in the consumer retail space. You would think a company that has to com…
The Problems with Czars and Czarinas
18 January 2009
Every time I turn on the news these days I seem to hear about some new request, or outright appointment, of a "czar" of something or another…