A Few Thoughts on China, Consistency, and Standardization
By Kevin Meyer I just returned from my annual trip to visit some customers and attend a trade show in Shanghai, China. Always an interesting experie…
Counterintuitive Value of Mergers
By Kevin Meyer Conventional thinking has it that when two similar organizations merge the sum is more efficient than the parts. That's the thoug…
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…
As Goes California...
By Kevin Meyer CNN had another story this morning on the problems with California - specifically with companies fleeing the state. Buffeted by high…
Knowingly Jumping Off a Cliff
By Kevin Meyer The Bloomberg Businessweek cover story on the U.S. Postal Service a couple weeks ago was a real stunner - filled with so many juicy ti…
Beware the Information Filter
By Kevin Meyer Almost exactly a year ago I discussed the growing trend of people skewing their view of the world by filtering the sources of their ne…
And We Wonder Why We're Losing Manufacturing Jobs
By Kevin Meyer I haven't exactly been Boeing's best friend over the past several years, regularly taking them to task for their nutty 787 Dre…