Today brought us the news that the Detroit 3 automakers (Chrysler, Ford, GM) have almost eliminated the labor productivity gap with foreign automakers…

Sometimes the US – China relationship seems more like a Monet than a Rembrandt. The impression (no pun intended) that is most commonly portrayed is th…

Cultural differences can be a beautiful thing.  Or maybe not... it depends on your perspective.  I was chatting with one of my customers today who men…

I just wanted to give Garr Reynolds from Presentation Zen credit for this one. He tracked down an article (in Japanese) by Mr. Watanabe, CEO of Toyota…

I've long been a fan of Tim Ferriss and his best-selling book The Four Hour Work Week. The book describes several methods to minimize and optimize…

It looks like Boeing's penchant for supply chain convolutions is spreading down through their tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers. Hitco Carbon Composite…

Perhaps it's all in the name, but you have to love a company with the cohones to call themselves Invincible. Invincible Metal Solutions in this ca…

A recent article in the Lake Forester, a small newspaper based north of Chicago, was surprisingly accurate with regards to certain core aspects of lea…