Over the past few years we've been chronicling a very expensive journey by Danish toymaker Lego.  A hat tip to regular reader Peter for helping us…

"The largest cost in business is not labor, material, or overhead... it's unnecessary complexity." Who said that?  I did.  I use it alm…

I promise one of these days I'll get off the topic of this ridiculous bailout of the Detroit Three automakers, but there are so many lessons of le…

This week we'll go into the Stern Pinball factory.  Coming from a medical device manufacturing background, this is downright scary, but I'm bi…

Examples of Excellence is a weekly feature showcasing examples of operational excellence.  If you have an example you'd like to share, please emai…

The post earlier this week on the proposed additional bailout of the Detroit Three generated the usual couple of emails suggesting I was a "right…

Note: Links to all of four Japan factory tour posts and the various lessons from those tours can be found here. One of the most memorable parts of my…

I've now been working at my stand up desk for a few days, a concept I brought back from my trip to Japan, and I'm loving it.  Ok, I will admit…