Monthly Archives: October 2007
Fire Fighting
Just yesterday Ludo, my coworker and I were at a local factory waiting for the firemen to inspect the facility. The factory occupies several floors of an older building. It’s probably one of our busiest contract facilities in Canada. It … Continue reading
Globalizing Equality
Each minute a production line is not moving widgets from one assembly station to the next is costly to the factory. That’s because money is only made when people and machines are busy assembling components. When they’re idle profits are … Continue reading
Globalizing Supply Chains & Equality
Witnessing the foreign take-over of iconic Canadian companies or the migration of local factories to overseas is unsettling. It makes us feel vulnerable. It suggests that we’re a bit less “Canadian”. These feelings are real. I spent my childhood in … Continue reading
