Tag: WSJ
"Boneheads" at Toyota?
WSJ.com - Toyota May Delay New Models To Address Rising Quality Issues:
I posted this article last week, but I looked at it again before...
Toyota to Go Slower for Quality
WSJ.com - Toyota May Delay New Models To Address Rising Quality IssuesI haven't found a free version of this article yet. Here is...
Made in America? Your Choice.
WSJ.com - Made in USA? Now, Customers Get to ChooseBack when the Chinese iPod factory was in the news (prison or not?), I asked...
Operational Problems Slow Starbucks Growth
"Starbucks' Sales Slide on Frozen Drinks"
Starbucks is blaming operational problems for their sales slide (actually, it's just the rate of sales increase that fell,...
Surgical Error Proofing
WSJ.com - 'Tagged' Sponge Beeps If Doctors Leave It BehindLeaving foreign objects inside the body after surgery is a problem that plagues hospitals.One earlier...
We’re Not Done with Waste
WSJ.com - In the Lead "For Now, the FocusIs More on Innovation Than on Budget Cuts"Free version hereThis column goes into the category, almost,...
An MBO Case Study in China
WSJ.com - In China, 3,500 Test the Waters Of the Pearl RiverI've written before about how polluted China's rivers are, the cost of unbridled...
GM Gaming the Cash Metric
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?:I knew companies played games with inventory numbers. Although there's no rational business reason to...
It’s a Value Problem, not a Cost Problem
WSJ.com - Can Mr. Fix-It Find Time for GM?Part of the discussion about a GM-Nisssan/Renault alliance has been the old "purchasing efficiencies" driven by...
"The problem is management"
WSJ.com - Kerkorian MotorsInteresting quote in today's WSJ regarding Kirk Kerkorian and the proposed GM/Nissan/Renault deal:He and Mr. York, his 67-year-old sidekick, have decided...
The Need for Lean Laboratories
Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errorsHere is a free version of a WSJ article from last week. I know I've been posting...
WSJ Blows It On Lean
WSJ.com - It's Not Easy Being LeanFree version via Pittsburgh Post-GazetteI was disappointed with a "Managing" column in the Wall Street Journal today, with...
