Lean Filmmaking?
5 August 2007
There are some core concepts that we try to drive home day in and day out, directly or indirectly related to lean manufacturing. Respect for people,…
Personal Waste
29 July 2007
No, I'm not refering to your morning constitutional. Instead I mean the waste in your daily routine that keeps you from being more productive. M…
Information Economics
21 July 2007
Where are the new homes of top shelf economists? Universities? Nope. The government? Nope. Think tanks or Wall Street? Nope. Try companies, esp…
One Square at a Time
18 July 2007
Six or so years ago when I was starting my contract manufacturing company I was really trying to implement lean manufacturing from the get-go. What a…
Lean Economic Development Strategy
15 July 2007
A hat tip to Timothy of the Zeal and Activity blog for pointing me to Dr. Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's J…
Free Market Religion
14 July 2007
The free market is a wonderful thing. Left alone without excessive regulatory prodding and social engineering it finds the most efficient way to deli…
Lowering The Water Level
10 July 2007
Toyota calls it “lowering the water level.” Imagine a value stream or a production process as a river. Reducing the inventory in the process – “lowe…
The Obesity Epidemic
2 July 2007
On my too-frequent flights to New York recently, I started reading Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma. It's a trip up and down…