Know Why You’re Being Paid TAGS: accounting | baits | barista | blitz | brand | burger | burgers | bushes | coffee | concession | contract | customer | defect | delicious | demand | expectation | exterminator | flip | follow | guarantee | hunger | infestation | investment | landscape | lawns | lean | machine | memories | money | mow | operations | paid | pictures | process | rats | refund | repair | research | resources | roof | satisfaction | save | six sigma | sports | stand | starbucks | status | symbol | taxes | time | tools | traps | trim | wedding | why This past weekend I visited some friends in Columbia, South Carolina and they shared horror stories of a trio of rats that have invaded their house’s walls. One of those …Continue reading →

Overproduction, Defects, and How Disney’s “John Carter” Might Flop TAGS: acting | activity | actors | andrew | blitz | box office | columbia | competition | defects | directors | disney | entertainment | execution | filming | films | finding nemo | hollywood | investment | ishtar | john carter | lean | mars | maximize | operations | overproduction | pixar | process | producers | revenues | six sigma | special effects | sports | stanton | studios | wall-e | walt | waste The process of Hollywood movie production has always appeared to work contrary to lean principles. Studios will invest lots of money on talent, technology, time, and marketing for films that …Continue reading →