Regular readers know that we have a pretty low opinion of MRP/ERP software and in general prefer the simple excellence of manual visual systems for sh…

Hopefully you caught the front page article in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday discussing how Parker-Hannifin completely revamped its pricing strat…

Don Boudreaux over at Cafe Hayek, one of my favorite blogs, had a post yesterday titled Creating Value.  It is ostensibly an introduction to a new boo…

Many of you probably saw Monday's front page article in the Wall Street Journal on Boeing.  It describes a problem many companies wish they had an…

Last month we told you about a couple more furniture companies that are following the outsourcing lemmings chasing cheaper labor overseas without look…

Ego seems to often get in the way of effective leadership.  Yesterday we told you about a study that compared the size of S&P 500 CEO's homes…

I admit it, I'm a metrics geek.  I'm always on the lookout for new ways of measuring even inane processes, and always probing for the underlyi…

New Balance is well known for their focus on lean manufacturing, which has allowed them to be globally competitive from factories in the United States…