Tag: WSJ

"Boneheads" at Toyota?

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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

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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.

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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

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"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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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...