Why Portugal?
23 June 2006
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…
Outsourcing Goes Infomercial
21 June 2006
The June 26th issue of BusinessWeek has a "special advertising section" entitled "Outsourcing Round Table". Perhaps Bill's re…
IPod Sweatshop Update
19 June 2006
In the latest twist on the London Mail On Sunday article accusing Apple of making IPods in sweatshops in China, Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that ow…
Don't Sweat It, Just Stay Lean
15 June 2006
There is quite a big stink being made over a story that first appeared in the London Mail on Sunday newspaper and is now available online. The charge…