Comments on: Project Kaizen: Tuesday

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:08:45 +0000

Very nice work,You are doing great job!

By: Fashion-Incubator

Fashion-Incubator — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:49:07 +0000

First Anniversary!

Today’s kind of been a weird day what with the funeral and all and I didn’t really get to post what I’d intended either but the big news to share with you is that Fashion-Incubator is one year old today!…

By: Evolving Excellence

Evolving Excellence — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:07:09 +0000

Carnival of Lean Leadership #4

Welcome to the fourth Carnival of Lean Leadership. There’s a lot of material to cover this time, so we’ll get right to it… The highlight of the past week has been the blogfest on project kaizen by The Gang of

By: Eric H

Eric H — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:45:48 +0000

Precise specifications? For a McDonalds? Absolutely. I remember reading that Mickey D's goes to great lengths to develop suppliers in every country they enter, showing them how to make bread, bringing them seeds for the onions, etc., which is why there is surprisingly little variation in their food from one country to another (is that a good thing? depends on your tastes, I suppose). Further, if you have ever seen a McD's in a historic setting (and you usually do), they try to conform to local standards. Check out this sign in Rothenburg (I've been there, didn't even notice the sign at first because it blended so well).

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 02:41:46 +0000

Oh, that makes lots of sense (says Jinjer, wandering further off the subject)–my husband lived in Columbia briefly (Columbian ex-fiancee), and says Columbians pride themselves on their beautiful, almost European Spanish. I remember noticing it in “Maria, full of Grace” (really good movie).

Hey, and as long as I’m off the subject–with all this discussion on uniformity of product, I was struck by a display o 5 neon M’s outside a local McDonalds. They were simply formed of one long tube. I couldn’t help but notice that the twist in the middle leg was sometimes to the front and sometimes to the back, as were the electrical boxes at either end of the M’s– and those two features were unrelated. They were clearly not mass-manufactured, or made to very precise specifications, which I thought odd for a Mcdonald’s. I assumed they were made by a local craftsman. “Only in San Francisco,” as they say.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:13:36 +0000

Lol! Actually, it really depends on the situation -and/or how much I’ve had to drink, lol.

You’re aware that in the US we have “TV english”, an accent void of regional variations. Well, they have that in Spanish too; it’s the Columbian accent. Most of the language tapes etc are made using Columbian speakers. It’s “clean”, void of regional nuances.

Now, if I’m excited or had a glass of wine, I’ll use colloquilisms from Mexico and Central America. If I’m really mad, I’ll use expletives common to Argentina/Uruguay. I was married to an Uruguayan so that should be sufficient explanation for that!

Kathleen–the multi-lingual potty mouth

By: Jinjer Markley

Jinjer Markley — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:51:01 +0000

Why do you speak spanish in a Columbian accent?