Silly CEO, Pricing is for Customers
By Kevin Meyer Probably the biggest hurdle for ops guys when they transition into general management roles is learning about sales, marketing, and es…
Lean Chickens 1 Fat Lions 0
by BILL WADDELL So .... Golden Bear Ltd gets the contract to produce the official mascot for the 2012 British Olymic Team, and decides labor costs -…
Non-Manufacturing in America - Kindle, iPhone, and Software
By Kevin Meyer This past week has seen a trio of articles explicitly lay out the crisis, misperception, and opportunity of manufacturing in America.…
The General Relativity of Language
By Kevin Meyer Bloomberg BusinessWeek had an intriguing article a week or so ago by Peter Coy on the impending debt crisis - now temporarily shoved u…
Yep, Forgetting the Brains Again
By Kevin Meyer Another day, another company forgetting that there's a value-adding brain attached to the pair of hands that supposedly costs so m…
Looking for Evil on an Income Statement
By Kevin Meyer Here we are again, quarterly earnings season. And here we are again with people who have no clue how to read even the most basic inco…
Yes, McKinsey Again
By Kevin Meyer We probably aren't making any friends over at McKinsey, not that we really care. From nearly destroying Lego to figuring out that…
Nice Job Throwing Away Value, Philips
By Kevin Meyer I had a warm feeling in my heart a few months ago when I heard about the Philips fluorescent lighting plant in Sparta, Tennessee winni…