Tag: Dell

I try not to use the word "Lean" as an adjective that means "better." We see this a lot online, the so-called "Lean boarding...

The chain Whole Foods is reportedly having inventory shortages and morale problems. It sounds like a real mess, but thankfully nobody is calling it Lean. Their "Order to Shelf" system reminds me of "Pull to Order" work that I was involved in at Dell about 20 years ago...

Here's Part 2 of a post about the original NUMMI Team Member Handbook from 1984 (see Part 1 here). This, and other documents I'll be...

My guest for Episode #264 is a friend from here in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, Tyrone Butler. He is LSS Managing Partner at...

I have been going through some old papers recently and I found two sheets of paper with hand-written thoughts or "truisms" that I had scribbled...

TL;DR: Automakers often overproduce because incentives reward shipping cars to dealers, not matching real demand. Excess capacity, revenue rules, and "channel stuffing" drive inventory...

Following up on yesterday's post that talked about "the old GM" putting cost ahead of quality, I sometimes I get flashbacks to my days working...

The Philadelphia Eagles are playing in an NFL playoff matchup tonight against the New Orleans Saints. I'd admired Eagles head coach Chip Kelly and...

I'm not sure Google has much of a market for a $299 media player (with the AppleTV and Roku players being under $100), but...

Regular readers know I started my career at General Motors from 1995 to 1997. After graduate school at MIT, I took a job at...

There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday's New York Times article "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work." (Free...

This week, I've been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities in China. These stories are...