Real Productivity Improvement vs. Pressuring Workers; Easier vs. Suboptimizing
When I was in England on vacation recently, I saw this column in the Financial Times:
Listen to your employees and…
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Profit = Price – Cost
On Amazon, Publishers, and Book Prices
I'm an avid book buyer, book reader, and published book author. Amazon is one of my favorite places to shop, not…
Lime Shortages, Cost, Price, and Lean
Limes are a very big deal here in San Antonio, between the cuisine and, of course, margaritas. Hint: life is too…
A Lean Guy Reads Inc.: Lean Handbags and Micro Failures
I enjoy reading the magazine Inc. for my interests in startups and entrepreneurship. There are often examples…
Less Margin, No Mission?
I've re-read this article a number of times: "Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients. Blame…
Google Nexus Q – Made in the USA
I'm not sure Google has much of a market for a $299 media player (with the AppleTV and Roku players being under…
Lean, Value & Waste: Better to be Creative than to Cheat Your Customers
I saw this article last week in the USA Today while traveling, with the online headline "Products nipped, tucked to…
Doctor’s Office Raises Price Because They Can?
A common theme I've written about from the start of my blogging days is the Lean/Toyota notion that price is…
L.A.M.E. as Heard on NPR?
Oh no, it seems like a L.A.M.E. ("Lean As Misguidedly Executed") story on NPR's All Things Considered program. No…
Starbucks Pricing on Cost or Value??
Starbucks boosts prices on some beverages - USATODAY.com
There are no direct "lean" fingerprints on the news…
Lean Guy Drove a Prius For Two Years And…
... I wasn't impressed in the least. In my previous role as a consultant, I was given a company vehicle to use,…
Lean at Ariens – Cost *and* Value
Ariens Co. clears a path for 75 years | Appleton Post-CrescentConsidering Ariens was an inspiration for one of the…
Tesco Understands Economics
Sir Terry Leahy: The 'Robert Mugabe of retail' bites back - People, News - The Independent
First off, that's a…
Toyota Raises Prices – Yep, That Same Excuse
Toyota Bumps Prices For 11 Models | The Truth About CarsOk, since I was accused (rightfully so) of picking on just…
"Successful" "Lean" Company "Forced" to Raise Prices
Wenger Corp. Announces Price Increases - MarketWatchHarkening back to my earlier post about GM schizophrenically…
Is GM Smoking Something?
Industry News: GM To Offer Zero-Percent Financing, Raise Prices, Screen Hummer BuyersIt's very hard to figure out…
Using Lean and Cost Reduction to Counter Rising Materials Costs
E-Z-GO's Kevin Holleran 040608 - The Augusta ChronicleOn this blog, we often talk about the Lean concept that a…
Learning from Restaurants
Cutback Cuisine - WSJ.com:If you're a regular reader, you know I like to try to draw from non-traditional sources…