Return on Talent

5 March 2007

Regular readers know that a recurring theme in this blog is the oft-forgotten "respect for people" pillar of lean manufacturing and the Toyo…

Airbust?

2 March 2007

Through a rather amazing political confluence, Airbus' CEO Louis Gallois announced approval of their new Power8 restructuring plan.  We've chr…

Pay for Availability

28 February 2007

The current Knowledge @ Wharton has an article on an emerging trend to pay for equipment only when it is performing to expectations.  This type of con…

High Wage Competition

27 February 2007

One of my favorite blogs, Cafe Hayek, had an intriguing post earlier this week titled Competing With High-Wage Workers.  Don Boudreaux's premise i…