Update 5/1/08: The CEO is being forced out, “retiring” in September Star-Telegram.com: | 04/27/2008 | JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growing Secondary article summarizing some of the problems I linked to this on Monday and I’m revisiting…
JPS patients get shortchanged as cash surpluses keep growing This linked article is a preview of what I’ll be blogging about next. I’m trying an experiment in posting an article first… what comments do you have? Don’t worry, I’m not…
NFL teams play hurry-up offense in draft – USATODAY.com I’m not a huge NFL Draft geek. It’s on right now, but I’m watching some hockey (Go Red Wings!). The NFL has cut the time allotted for each pick in the…
From Devin, a graduate student, posted with his permission: “I’m an operations management student who is writing a report on lean manufacturing at GM. However, the more I research, the more I find that there’s far more to write about…
Following up on Jason’s post last week about China and pollution, here is a video from the fake (but deadpan funny) Onion News Network (nice article about them in the NY Times today, I’ve subscribed to their video podcast from…
One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers — Gary Convis, Jim Press, and Jim Farley, to name three. What impact can they have outside of…
A reader sent this picture from a hospital restroom. I’m not sure if the reader is a patient parent or a hospital employee. They asked, “Why are we putting it on the parents to remind doctors to wash their hands?…
TheStar.com | Drinks | Yeast goes wild in Trappist ale One of my favorite discoveries in the past year is a Belgian “Trappist Ale” called Orval. A friend in Toronto saw this article/review in the local paper and it reminded…
E-Z-GO’s Kevin Holleran 040608 – The Augusta Chronicle On this blog, we often talk about the Lean concept that a company is not entitled to arbitrarily tack on a desired profit margin to their incurred costs (the equation of Price…
The W. Edwards Deming Institute This has to be the best title for a seminar ever: How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business(Many Organizations Do It, But Do You Know How You Do It?) The Deming…
IndustryWeek Article about the Book | Subscribe to IndustryWeek Amazon Link: Overcoming Inventoritis: The Silent Killer of Innovation When I first read this headline, I misread it, thinking it was about the “fear of inventory” (something that seems like a…
Coaches grousing over mandatory helmets : Rockies : The Rocky Mountain News Happy Opening Day to baseball fans out there. I grew up a huge Detroit Tigers fan (and a highlight was that championship 1984 season) and still like the…