Silly CEO, Pricing is for Customers
28 April 2012
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
31 January 2012
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
21 August 2011
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
4 August 2011
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
1 August 2011
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
14 May 2011
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
8 December 2010
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
28 November 2010
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…