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Tag Archives: global
Burning Toast: American Health System Style
Democrats and Republicans have created a health care system in the USA over the last 40 years that “burns toast” at an alarming rate. As the symptoms of their health care system are displayed they call in people to blame … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Health care, Management, Public Sector
Tagged blame, Economics, global, government, health care system, organization as a system
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Improving Management Globally
In the most recent ASQ Influential Voices post, Bill Troy, ASQ CEO, asks: Why Should Quality Go Global? ASQ’s mission statement talks about increasing the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of the world. Are … Continue reading
Easiest Countries for Doing Business 2008
Singapore is again ranked first for Ease of Doing Business by the World Bank. For some reason they call the report issued in any given year as the report for the next year (which makes no sense to me). The … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Economics, Management
Tagged Data, Economics, entrepreneur, global, Japan, UK, USA
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Kiva Fellows Blog: Nepalese Entrepreneur Success
Kiva is a great charity and example of how to use the web effectively. Kiva has added a fellows blog – which is a great idea. Continue reading
Car Powered Using Compressed Air
Jules Verne predicted cars would run on air. The Air Car is making that a reality. The car would be powered by compressed air. Certainly seem like an interesting idea. Air car ready for production: Refueling is simple and will … Continue reading
Posted in Fun, India, Innovation, Lean thinking, Management, Science, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged cars, cool, engineering, France, global, green, India, Innovation, lean manufacturing, Manufacturing, pollution, Toyota
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Toyota Presses On
At Toyota, a Global Giant Reaches for Agility With plants in 27 countries, more new factories under construction and workers speaking languages that include Russian and Turkish, Toyota’s top executives are trying a difficult balancing act – replicating the company’s … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, global, Japan, Manufacturing, Toyota, Toyota Production System (TPS)
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Economics – America and China
Business Week has several good articles on the topic of China’s Economic impact including: Shaking up Trade Theory and The China Price. In Shaking up Trade Theory Aaron Bernstein explores: “The fact that programming, engineering, and other high-skilled jobs are … Continue reading
