Outsourcing Lemmings

I have written hundreds of blog posts on just about every angle of lean manufacturing, and my normal routine is to read dozens of articles from public…

Ahh... to be a world tourist. Globetrotting from country to country in search of lower direct labor costs to help offset unrecognized internal process…

After having spent far too much time out in the real world lately, I have finally had a chance to drop back into the blog and I am pleased see how abl…

"Lean Outsourcing" Now there's a term you don't hear every day. Most of us have been focusing on lean as a way to avoid outsourcing…

I can almost feel the consternation in the outsourcing think tanks at the strategy departments of narrow-minded companies and consultants all over Nor…

I was going through some old files earlier today and came across a letter to the editor from yours truly that was published in Business Week... on Oct…

Part of the culture that drove the Aberdeen BAE Systems plant (United Defense while I was there) to become extraordinarily lean was the continual posi…

The June 26th issue of BusinessWeek has a "special advertising section" entitled "Outsourcing Round Table". Perhaps Bill's rel…