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Has there ever been a better time for Lean Six Sigma?

Has there ever been a better time for Lean Six Sigma?

By David McDonald • on July 6, 2009

General Motors just stopped the Toyota NUMMI joint venture after 25 years. From all that I have heard, it was a very good experience and that GM learned a lot more from the JV than Toyota did. But, Toyota got additional capacity in the United States to (guess what?) … grow! Now is the time for

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A comic and the economy: Lessons from Calvin’s Mom

A comic and the economy: Lessons from Calvin’s Mom

By Jim Huntzinger • on January 21, 2009

There has been an e-mail going around with a copy of an old Calvin and Hobbs comic attached to it. In the comic, Calvin has a lemonade stand where he is trying to sell a glass of lemonade for $15. He justifies his price because of demand - his demand for monstrous profits as a shareholder, his demand

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