Nearly a month ago I read a fascinating article in The Economist that still has me pondering a bit. The actual topic didn't really interest me, bu…

A volcano erupts in Iceland, the European air freight system slams to a halt, stores run out of products and manufacturers run out of parts - and its…

A few years back I had the privilege of providing translation services for Hiroyuki Hirano when he wrote "JIT Is Flow". (Among my talents is…

Elwood P Dowd (the guy whose friend was a six foot Pukka in Harvey) said, "Well, an element of conflict in any discussion's a very good thing…

Regular reader Ed pointed me toward this tidbit from a recent Harvard Business Review article: Baggage Fees Contribute to Decline in Lost Bags A glo…

In the Senate hearings yesterday a statement was made by Goldman sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein that, to me, summarized the difference in thinking between…

Part of the blog routine is a daily scanning of dozens of news sites to find interesting fodder. Usually it is pretty straightforward but occasionally…

Over the last several months we've been writing about how the outsourcing lemmings have woken to the reality of their nonsense and have started to…