Regular readers know that I often conjure up some lean thoughts, albeit sometimes nebulous, from my travels. Take Italy, Argentina, and Chile for exam…

Time has value.  Those of us in the manufacturing world are distinctly aware of this as we deal daily with production schedules, output, and cycle tim…

I often liken regulations, especially those that purport to create some form of social engineering, to balloons.  You artificially distort the balloon…

The latest Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting review of the book Globality: Competing With Everyone From Everywhere for Everything. If business is…

Several brief news stories have crossed the wires lately, telling us how companies have implemented lean to survive and grow in the United States. Her…

Regular readers know that we often focus on how software solutions can create problems for lean.  This isn't to mean that all software is a pr…

Just a short post, in the hopes that the ignorami that continue to use the word "mean" with "lean" will actually read this and rea…

As you're reading this I'm probably in the air on my way to Switzerland for a week of business. Yes, I know that's a tough assignment. I&#…