It's Work Rules, Not Pay
22 December 2008
There are a lot of people complaining about the supposed differences between the hourly pay of union auto workers with the Detroit 3 and the non-union…
22 December 2008
There are a lot of people complaining about the supposed differences between the hourly pay of union auto workers with the Detroit 3 and the non-union…
21 December 2008
Wednesday's Financial Times had a fascinating article describing the rather incongruent business climate in China. China this week celebrates the…
20 December 2008
Just in time for the holidays, here's Widmer's Cheese!…
19 December 2008
Examples of Excellence is a weekly feature showcasing examples of operational excellence. If you have an example you'd like to share, please emai…
18 December 2008
Conventional lean wisdom dictates that in order to obtain employee commitment for lean improvements, improvements that by their nature create efficien…
17 December 2008
How prepared are you for a sudden, dramatic decline in demand? Is it even on your radar? Most of us think of demand in terms of waves that slowly ri…
16 December 2008
Another day, another article trying to figure out how to simplify global supply chains... without realizing that the easiest way to simplify them is t…
15 December 2008
We've taken McKinsey to task several times over the past year, especially with regards to their "thinking" on supply chains. But last m…