Fellow lean blogger Mark Graban is the author of the just-published Lean Hospitals.  The following is a brief Q&A with him on lean in healthcare,…

I live a couple blocks off a nice wide stretch of beach that's about five miles long with an extinct volcano sitting right at my end of it.   Two…

A hat tip to David at Photon Courier for this story at Carpe Diem, comparing the supply and demand for lawyers and doctors. In 1963, there were only…

So you've taken the dive into SAP or Oracle instead of simply investing in a few whiteboards and some beer.  That's too bad, but it's not…

At a time when most companies are fleeing manufacturing in fear, a handful are still seeing it as a way to create competitive advantage. In an old se…

Airlines have been cutting back on all kinds of services, ranging from removing pillows to charging for aisle seats and even peanuts.  Yes, rising fue…

The media, unfortunately driving popular perception, continues to insist that North American manufacturing is dying. Sure, U.S. banking is in trouble…

History is a funny thing; if you don't learn from it you're consigned to living it over and over again.  Who said that?  I don't know, but…