Developmental Efficiency

12 January 2008

There's yet another new startup company trying to create yet another super-efficient replacement for the run of the mill automobile. This company,…

Lean is Not Lean

9 January 2008

Another day, another company whacking a bunch of people. Knowledge, creativity, experience, and potential ideas being thrown out the window. Kraft Fo…

Throwin' Away the Knowledge

19 December 2007

A couple years ago Boeing decided to sell the Wichita/Tulsa division of its Commercial Airplanes Group to Toronto-based Onex for $900 million, which r…

Flat Agility

11 December 2007

How many layers of management does your organization have? Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella announced today that he plans a general rule of a maximum of s…

Boeing's Outsourcing Hell

9 December 2007

A year ago we began to question the rationale of the supply chain convolution Boeing was creating for the 787 Dreamliner, and we've chronicled the…

Lean-Driven Waiting Period

8 December 2007

Lean manufacturing types consider "waiting" one of the seven deadly wastes. But could it be a social value that also delivers positive finan…

Poll Update

8 December 2007

We're currently running three polls at Evolving Excellence, so I thought I'd take a weekend moment to update readers on the current results.…