So You Want to Buy an American Car?
5 July 2009
Thanks to Pete over at Shmula for shooting me this tidbit. If you take a look at all cars sold in the U.S. and ranked them by domestic content... part…
5 July 2009
Thanks to Pete over at Shmula for shooting me this tidbit. If you take a look at all cars sold in the U.S. and ranked them by domestic content... part…
5 July 2009
In this edition of 5 Questions we meet John Kim. I've known John for nearly a decade in a variety of roles and consider him one of the most…
4 July 2009
A few months ago I, along with about 200 million others, was forced to invest in a failed company. Some people still think that failure cannot be allo…
1 July 2009
Most people fear receiving complaints about their product or service. But as Amy at Another Wine Blog suggests, a complaint can be an opportunity.…
1 July 2009
Probably the worst abuse of lean principles - or the most misused - is 5S. Take a gander at this from the Wall Street Journal. According to Ms. Julie…
29 June 2009
Understanding lean manufacturing is often a difficult undertaking due to how counterintuitive it can be. How can a process yield more with less? Move…
28 June 2009
Could it really be?? The king of outsourcing changing his stripes? Mr. Immelt (CEO, General Electric) said GE had "outsourced too much,"…
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…