And now a rare word from what is effectively our sponsor...! As many of you know, I am one of the partners in Gemba Academy, a company that has been p…

By Kevin Meyer Stories of U.S.-based low margin commodity manufacturers successfully competing against companies from "low cost" countries…

By Kevin Meyer Jabil's website promotes their commitment to lean, especially their report showing the following: That truly is impressive, and I…

By Kevin Meyer One of my favorite blogs, Raptitude by David Cain, recently had a post on decisionmaking and minimalism. As an aspiring minimalist thi…

I'm an early adopter tech geek at heart, and generally am among the first to embrace a new technology. I love my gizmos, although I focus on how t…

I admit it, I love Apple products. For me they just work how I want them to, and I haven't seen the "blue screen of death" since I switc…

When I first read Justin Brady's article on creativity in The Wall Street Journal last week I immediately thought here comes another puff piece re…

My Net Nonsense post from a couple weeks ago on the evils of large companies trying to force long payment terms on suppliers received considerable cov…