Management Improvement Carnival #33
April 15, 2008
Shaun Sayers is hosting Management Improvement Carnival #33 on the Capable blog, some of the highlights include Lean and six sigma at Amazon (by Peter Abilla) a tiny peek inside the quality philosophy of this highly successful but intensely secretive... Read more...
Making a Difference
April 13, 2008
Kiva provides loans through partners (operating in the countries) to the entrepreneurs. Those partners do charge the entrepreneurs interest (to fund the operations of the lending partner). Kiva pays the principle back to you but does not pay interest.... Read more...
Toyota Building Second Plant in India
April 11, 2008
Toyota is investing $350 million in a second Indian manufacturing plant. The plant is focused on producing vehicles for the local market - as the Toyota Production System suggests that production be close to the market. Toyota to invest Rs1,400 crore... Read more...
Confusing Customer Focus
April 10, 2008
Misuse of the “Customer” Concept “We are told that the airlines are our customers,” FAA inspector Charlambe “Bobby” Boutris said. “But we have a more important customer, the taxpayers” who want government... Read more...
Packaging Improvement
April 9, 2008
McDonald’s Branding Makes Food Tastier for Tots Researchers at Stanford University have found that children tend to rate food that is wrapped up in McDonald’s-branded paper as tasting better than the same food wrapped in plain paper —... Read more...
Bezos on Internet Boom
April 8, 2008
The webcast shows Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO, speaking at TED on the internet boom. He compares the boom to the gold rush highlighting the similarities. But then he compares the internet to the development of industry around electricity.... Read more...
Management Seminar in May
April 7, 2008
The Deming Institute is sponsoring, How to Create Unethical, Ineffective Organizations That Go Out of Business, 12-14 May, 2008 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kelly Allan and I will be presenting the seminar. Please let me know if you sign up. Twenty-seven... Read more...
A Programmers Take on Agile Software Development
April 6, 2008
A Case for Agile: Benefits for a Programmer’s Career by Theodore Nguyen-Cao Through agile development, I’ve been able to deliver working software time and time again. I’ve been exposed to all different aspects of the business. I’ve... Read more...
Manufacturing Employee Shortage in Utah
April 3, 2008
Utah scrambling to meet need for technical workers The state faces challenges in generating necessary interest to fill available manufacturing jobs for what Utah’s governor has called the state’s “Aerospace Hub,” both immediately... Read more...
10x Productivity Difference in Software Development
April 2, 2008
10x Software Development The original study that found huge variations in individual programming productivity was conducted in the late 1960s by Sackman, Erikson, and Grant (1968). They studied professional programmers with an average of 7 years’ experience... Read more...
