Companies

By Kevin Meyer The last couple weeks have brought the story of yet another icon of business, Kodak, collapsing and filing for bankruptcy.  Yes, failu…

By Kevin Meyer I really have no words.  Well, you know that's impossible.  But Austin Weber's article on Assembly Magazine's website that…

By Kevin Meyer Bill's post on Steve Jobs earlier today drew quite a bit of response - from both sides.  Lots of supporting comments on the post i…

By Kevin Meyer One piece flow is a core concept of lean and thanks to its counterintuitive nature also one of the more difficult ones to embrace.  We…

By Kevin Meyer Over the past several years I've taken Boeing to task, sometimes severely, on their 787 Dreamliner program.  By now we know that t…

By Kevin Meyer Last week brought us two stories of two companies mentioning their respective lean manufacturing efforts.  I thought I'd show you…

By Kevin Meyer Yesterday I came across a video created by McDonald's in the UK that attempts to demonstrate the value of being a McDonald's e…

By Kevin Meyer We've talked about Tesco before - how they are destroying the idea that economies of scale are important and are instead focusing…