I've noticed a lean trend lately that is going to accelerate the separation between companies that get it - and will survive - and those that don&…

It's rare that you think of "accounting" and "excitement" together. But that's exactly what will occur in less than two we…

I've spent the last couple days trying to digest the pros and cons of Ford naming Boeing's Alan Mulally to replace Bill Ford as CEO and have c…

Today while doing some mindless Googling I learned about the passing of one of my college roommates. Having lost contact with him twenty years ago, it…

Ahh... to be a world tourist. Globetrotting from country to country in search of lower direct labor costs to help offset unrecognized internal process…

Lot's of hubbub today about Radio Shack letting 400 people know they were laid off via email.  I expect it will make them the butt of a lot of jok…

For years I've been reading the Algorithmics Anonymous forum, eagerly anticipating the discovery of a new form of lean that applies only to "…

My color inkjet printer does about four or five photo quality sheets a minute. Not too shabby, although it occasionally tries my patience. Imagine a…