- WYSIWYG
Computer geeks over the age over 40 will recall that once upon a time, the images of text and graphics that appeared on computer screens bore little relation to the product outputted from the printer. There was a bit of an art involved using special…
- 8 days ago, 15 Feb 2012, 2:00pm -
- Signs
Do you remember a post-hippie era song called Signs? The song’s refrain came to mind recently during a workplace walkthrough: “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you re…
- 20 days ago, 3 Feb 2012, 1:51pm -
- Cost Subtraction
Last week, a drive-by a 99 Cent Store (see photo) reminded me of my first real job in an industrial marketing department. In the 1970’s, one function of this department was to set prices, a task simplified in the early going by the market’s acc…
- 31 days ago, 23 Jan 2012, 2:17pm -
- 5S First?
Some time ago, while speaking at a conference in the land down under, I was taken to task by a participant for suggesting, “5S is usually the first improvement” in Lean implementation. I had carelessly adopted this posture because, as a consu…
- 42 days ago, 12 Jan 2012, 3:28pm -
- Value Stream Wrapping
Gazing into a microscope as a college sophomore, I sketched the innards of a single-celled critter as part of biology exam. I knew what I was looking for, but according to my professor, was a bit lazy transferring my observations to paper. The re…
- 48 days ago, 5 Jan 2012, 7:14pm -
