This collection of Late Night
Discussions originally appeared as a
monthly column in Industry Week
magazine.
Table of Contents
Late Night Discussions 1
How to block your own distribution
channels
a discussion on the automotive industry.
Late Night Discussions 2
How to turn an excellent solution into a
disaster
a discussion on single source vendor.
Late Night Discussions 3
How to go from one ditch into another
a discussion on automation.
Late Night Discussions 4
How to throw out the baby with the
bath water
a discussion on automation.
Late Night Discussions 5
How to run from one excuse to another
a discussion on Japanese success.
Late Night Discussions 6
A discussion on why TQM is not
producing the results expected and who
has devastating inertia, the "troops" or
the inventors?
Light Night Discussions 7
How to perfect devastating and long
term lead times
a discussion on project engineering.
Late Night Discussions 8
The paradigm shift in material
management.
Late Night Discussions 9
How companies behave in a market
downturn
a discussion on market segmentation,
part 1.
Late Night Discussions 10
How the notion of product price kills
companies
market segmentation, part 2.
Late Night Discussions 11
How erroneous policies and
measurements can kill a friendship
a discussion on human behavior in
organizations.
Late Night Discussions 12
Where did product cost and profit come
from
a discussion on cost accounting.
