It's always a good day when I can add a new name to the "good" side of the list of companies mentioned in this blog, and today is such a…

We have enjoyed poking fun at business schools in the past, particularly their penchant for gurus and ability to tailor their programs to shrinking at…

Or perhaps we should we say 前面!  After all, just about all golf clubs are now manufactured in either Taiwan or China.  The April issue of Golf Digest…

I guess in a strange way it's a little heartening to hear that the U.S. isn't the only refuge of outsourcing wackos.  From our friends down un…

Good article in the Detroit News yesterday titled Honda Sneaks Up On Big Three, discussing how the company flies under the radar and lets Toyota be th…

I make a point of bookmarking various lean-related stories I come across.  Some of them provide an interesting take on the subject, some are of compan…

Columbia Aircraft lays off 59 employees.  On the surface not a unique story as unfortunately many companies are laying off... and even more are hiring…

I read a lot of blogs each day, probably well over 100.  Using an aggregator like Bloglines or even the new Google feed reader makes it actually fair…