Tag: NYTimes

CEO Pay Caps? You Bet!

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By Adam Zak, Adam Zak Executive Search:As a LeanThinker I am most unabashedly a free market advocate. Free trade, absolutely. Love those imported fresh...

Idiot Corporation of America?

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Ga. peanut plant has history of problems - Food safety - nbc.com NY Times article There was a lot of focus in the news yesterday about...

Gaming the College Rankings at Baylor

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Baylor Rewards Freshmen Who Retake SAT - NYTimes.comBaylor Newspaper ArticleShow me a ranking system and I'll show you a way to "game the system"...

GM’s Success in Copying Toyota’s Shopfloor System?

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Op-Ed Contributor - G.M.'s Secret Success - NYTimes.comI agree with the basic premise of this piece that not all is rotten in GM. For...

Toyota Expects Its First Loss in 70 Years

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Article - NYTimes.comMarketwatch.com articleBreaking news (but not entirely unexpected if you've been following the news in the last week):Toyota Motor, the Japanese auto giant,...

"Viable" by March 2009?

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Bush Gives Emergency Loans to Automakers - NYTimes.comDetroit News ArticleI don't understand this at all. What is the operational definition of "viable"? What will/can...

Cutting the Waste of Waiting with PC Bootup

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In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time - NYTimes.com Honestly -- how many of us just sat and stared at our PC when it...

Updated: P&G "Forced" to Shorten Supply Chains, As Are Others

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - Oil price forces P&G to rethink its distributionOK, I'm catching up on an old post since I...

This is what $1 billion (and $25 million a year) gets...

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by Dan MarkovitzThe New York subway system has invested nearly $1 billion investment since the early 1990s -- and $25 million per year in...

The Dispersion of Toyota Talent

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One of the most fascinating trends out of there is the spread of Toyota folks into other old-line automakers or parts suppliers -- Gary...

Toyota’s Growth, Globalization, and Training

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New York Times Article Here's a recent article on Toyota's globalization -- how to grow and spread The Toyota Way quickly, yet effectively as they...

Southwest Airlines and the Flying Big Three

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Southwest. Way Southwest. - NY Times Jeff Bailey at the New York Times wrote a great article about Southwest Airlines and their legendary approach to...