Sparty On !!!
6 April 2009
My original idea was to look up the lean manufacturing content that both Michigan State and the University of North Carolina offer their business scho…
5 Questions - Meet Mark Graban
5 April 2009
This week in our 5 Questions series we'll get to know fellow lean blogger, and now Shingo Prize winning author, Mark Graban. ---------- 1.Who ar…
A Plague On Both Your Houses
3 April 2009
On April 26, 1995, a plane flying over the Cincinnati Reds opening day baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Riverfront Stadium towed a banner tha…
And They Say Crime Doesn't Pay
30 March 2009
Bank of America got $25 billion last Fall, then another $20 billion in January, plus a guarantee against losses of $118 billion, and now the New York…
5 Questions - Meet Pete Abilla
29 March 2009
In this issue of 5 Questions we meet Peter Abilla, who many of you probably follow over at shmula. ------ 1. Who are you, what organization are you w…
Walmart - The Lean Enforcer
24 March 2009
I need to start off with a profound apology to Walmart. In my prior blogging life I trashed them pretty good for driving American manufacturing to Chi…
Harvard, Toyota, and the Rest of the Story
23 March 2009
The piece I wrote last week concerning the elite Eastern colleges and their misguided stranglehold on the American economy raised a bit of a stir, inc…
5 Questions - Meet Jim Huntzinger
22 March 2009
In this week's edition of 5 Questions we meet Jim Huntzinger. ----- 1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current lea…