Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, TomorrowNow, Agile... it's hard to keep the relationship between all of these ERP players straight.  Especially since the…

Today would have been John Wayne's 100th birthday, and David Hinckley at the New York Daily News penned a remembrance that embraces one of my favo…

First off, family, and friends, no we DO NOT have anything to announce.  Believe me, we enjoy our lifestyle (and our sleep) and our kids' names ar…

It may just be me, but it appears that the number of companies citing lean manufacturing in their financial reports, news releases, and general news a…

Those of you that have sat through a keynote by Jim Collins know that he likes to talk not only about getting the right people on the bus... your busi…

Every now and then one page can say it all.  Take page 12 in the May 14th print issue of Rubber News (yes, really, for those of you not in the industr…

The following is from one of my favorite blogs, This Is Broken.  I won't go into a long verbose analysis of what it could mean, as it is probably…

Regular readers know I reserve a special place in my heart for Rube Goldberg supply chain convolutions, such as Boeing's Dreamlifter and the Airb…