I had just finished reading an article about Airbus cutting 10,000 employees, and the pending protest by their socialist labor unions… and then I saw this headline “EU threatens Microsoft with new $4M per day fine“. I thought to myself:
Category: Business
Collaboration with Suppliers is not Really Happening
Surprise, surprise… The Supply Chain Consortium came out with a report that indicates the collaboration with suppliers is not really happening. The survey found that 67% of participants impose financial penalties on suppliers and 55% reduce order volumes with suppliers
Ford is now Fourth
This one is for my buddy Steve Davidson who has elected to hang tough with Ford Motor Company… For those of you not aware, Ford has literally mortgaged their future and finally acknowledged that they are no longer one of
Hindsight is 20-20
Many of you may not recall that in 1990, Lotus and Novell were going to merge into a software powerhouse (excerpts from the May 21, 1990 New York Times): The merger didn’t happen because each company “thought too much
Hotel Fire Alarm: Everyone Needs to Experience One
Erol Yalaz and I are in the Pittsburgh area working at a customer site for a couple of days. We were spending the night at a Hampton Inn in Steubenville, Ohio… and behold, a piercing fire alarm wakes everyone in the hotel
US Army Spending
According to StrategyMilitary, you can get a good idea of U.S. Army priorities by looking at how they plan to spend their money in the next year. Despite having one of the largest aircraft fleets in the world, the Army
A Newbies View on “24″
I hadn’t really heard of the Fox television action series starring Kiefer Sutherland until recently… Son Leonard and I started watching 24 with the back-to-back 2-hour episodes that launched their 2007 season. We were impressed enough with some of the rugged
What is Sales & Marketing?
The buzz word in today’s business world is “MARKETING”. However, people often ask for a simple explanation of “marketing.” Well, here it is: 1. You’re a woman and you see a handsome guy at a party. You go up to
It’s Baaacck… AT&T
American Telephone & Telegraph, the original name of the company founded by Alexander Graham Bell, held a monopoly on telecommunication in the US for many years. Based on direction from the US Department of Justice, AT&T was divided into seven Regional Bell Operating
Business in New Orleans
I just spent a few days at a business conference in New Orleans. This was a summit on “Design for Six Sigma” and I co-presented the interim results from one of our projects. While it was not a large meeting,