Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson released the following statement after Congress’s passage of the financial rescue package.
By acting this week, Congress has proven that our Nation’s leaders are capable of coming together at a time of crisis, even at a critical stage of the political calendar, to do what is necessary to stabilize our financial system [...]

Il Duce means leader in Italian.
It is a term that is often applied by those that choose to influence others in a dictatorial manner.
A national franchise association assists the setting up and marketing of business format franchises in that country.
They lobby and represent the franchisors’ view and oppose franchisees when their interests are in conflict [...]

One of the last sports to determine its Olympic matchups, tennis finally held its draw Thursday night at the Swissotel in Beijing. China’s best shot at a tennis medal is on the women’s side where, despite lacking a player among the top 25 in the world, it has the maximum four players, all with the [...]

If you’re looking to repent for all those years spent slathering on
baby oil, we suggest you start you tots on their own skin protection regimen extra
early. AB Baby has created a chemical-free sunscreen specifically for young faces, with broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection and the addition of vitamins A, C, E, and green tea extract. While [...]

One issue that should rise to the top of the corporate agenda in 2008 is diversity — or, more specifically, how managers and leaders deal with it. Diversity has been on the agenda for decades — differences of class, gender, ethnicity, faith, culture, education and sexual orientation are well understood — but diversity has taken [...]

How often have you heard a manager blame “commoditization” for failing to deliver sales or profits? If you’ve heard it, you’ve probably wondered if it was just a convenient excuse or if the manager had a valid point.
The truth is, even when a raw material has no value added and quality standards are set by [...]

Marketers are trained to match supply to demand. Everything that consumers need should be available at the right time in the right place at the right price. Coca-Cola’s mantra always has been to be within an arm’s reach of desire. To be out of stock is to lose a sale or, worse, to lose a [...]

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Lean is a methodology that is used to accelerate the velocity and reduce the cost of any process (be it service or manufacturing) by removing waste. Lean is founded on a mathematical result known as Little’s Law:
 
Lead Time of Any Process equals the Quantity [...]

Benchmarking Overview:
In 1912, Henry Ford of The Ford Motor Company watched men cut meat during a tour of a Chicago slaughter house. The carcasses were hanging on hooks mounted on a monorail. After each man performed his job he would push the carcass to the next station. Less than six months later, the worlds first [...]