I always take time to read the reports from our sales folks as they provide some great insight into what's happening at our customers. One in part…

I came across this article explaining why roses cost so much more on Valentine's Day than any other time of the year. The answers ... "Each p…

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. It doesn't take much to tell this tale... consider the first news item: GM said it sold 178,896…

A few days ago I wrote a piece extolling the folly of relying on forecasting, using the blizzard that pounded Chicago as an example. Today a reader na…

Some moron devoid of ethics and compassion ordered the brutal slaughter of 100 sled dogs in British Columbia when business slowed down for the sleddin…

As far as vices go my compulsive, obsessive fascination with the Civil War is probably one of the least harmful ones on which to waste an unjustifiabl…

Northern Illinois - my neck of the woods - is supposed to get a foot and a half of snow tomorrow - maybe. With their $5 billion budget and network of…

Many of us have visiting Japan to tour the factories of companies like Toyota in order to learn a little more about lean. But how many of us visit fac…