Viva Mejico

29 March 2006

Knowing nothing about Mexico or Mexicans, and even less about manufacturing, has not stopped every yahoo with an overblown ego and access to a TV came…

Think About This One

27 March 2006

A recent article from Inside Bay Area waxes eloquently about the Toyota Production System and its application at NUMMI, especially with regard to work…

Cheesehead Lean

25 March 2006

The cheese war is escalating into a battle royal of style versus substance.  Wisconsin is still ahead of California in total cheese production, but th…

Toyota's Achilles Heel

24 March 2006

A remarkable article about Toyota appeared in the CNN site yesterday that exposes Toyota's Achilles heel - the ignorance of racism.  It also raise…

The World Keeps Turning

23 March 2006

Fortunately the other outstanding lean bloggers have taken up the torch, sparing me from having to wear the 'curmudgeon mantle', allowing me t…

The Tao of Santa Claus

22 March 2006

Senior management leadership is almost universally identified by the assorted experts as a critical ingredient for a company's success on the road…

The Heart of the Matter

20 March 2006

I hope everyone has had a chance to read the last few post Mike Wroblewski has put up over at Get Boondoggle, along with the comments he has received,…