Supply Chains

I've written a lot about Walmart, in particular their supposedly glorious supply chain. To be honest, they execute a traditional supply chain exce…

I was thumbing through some old magazines that had built up in the mayhem of the past month and came across an interesting article in The Economist on…

What is a day or even a week of manufacturing disruption worth to you? How about 0.07 seconds? A split-second power disruption at a Toshiba Corp. f…

Behold! The financial crisis has helped the U.S. consumer understand the value of just-in-time! Nearly three years ago I told you about my efforts to…

Over three years ago I wrote a short piece comparing the new Airbus A380 to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner from a batch vs. one piece flow perspective.…

I've blathered at length about Rube Goldberg-esque supply chains at Boeing and other similarly outsourcing-entranced companies. So nothing new thi…

In news guaranteed to make Bill Waddell smile, new research from business school professors at Stanford and Wharton (yes, those pointy-headed academic…

Once again we’re coming up on holiday season, and once again we have a bunch of retailers and toy manufacturers who tried to guess the latest trend in…