I have been thinking a bit about how a company might treat IT services as inventory. Thinking about investments in capital items, direct and indirect materials and labor to deliver some specific service with some finite capacity. The challenge is developing the proper quantitative measures by which the inventory can be managed. […]
IT Services as inventory
April 8th, 2007 No Comments
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Going Lean
July 28th, 2006 No Comments
Over at Bieber labs Ron has a great post talking about the impact of lean manufacturing on software development. He recommends two books to get you started. So go and check out Random Thoughts on Lean Principles.
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