Distribution White Paper

Distribution White Paper Now available from a Goldratt Consulting web site (requires registration, but is free to all), this White Paper explains the "Pull Distribution" method. http://www.goldratt.info/distribution/ -ski

Sonny the Big Cat

The 3 Amigoes Jeff, Sonny, and JR Kinsey. 

July 2000 in Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island. 

A couple days ago, on May 19th my dad, Myron 'Sonny' Kinsey passed on to his reward. He will be missed. My son is in Ohio for the funeral. Going through family pictures, this one grabbed my attention.

Three generations of Kinseys. He would have been 71 years young today. Up until about two years ago, I greeted my dad by calling out to him, "Sonny the Big Cat!" It was with enthusiasm. With pride and excitement. Over the years, I watched him walk into many a CEOs' office and gain immediate attention and respect. Right past the secretary. Often, busting into the middle of on-going meetings. Nine out of 10 times, he was welcomed like a long lost friend. The odd event out, never seemed to bother him. 

He was on a mission. Like the Blues Brothers, he was on a Mission from God. He must have known the love and respect I had for him. It was his constant query about when would my book be done, that birthed it. And then he set about getting it printed. Two years ago, he asked me to stop calling him the big cat. He changed. The beginning of the end, I guess. Much easier to see with hindsight... I miss him more than words could ever convey.  

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My dad with my daughter and son twenty years ago! -jeff

Five and counting

The squeaky wheels get the oil The fifth tenet from the Purple Curve Effect. Some have made a career of being the squeaky wheel. Some are all talk. Others are legimate sources of important data. Consider the Fifth Purple Curve Insight

• Goldratt and those contributing to his TOC [Theory of Constraints] methodology are advancing the most effective planning tool known to man

Yesterday, I spent the day at the Viable Vision Offer event in Raleigh, North Carolina. Where Dr. Eli Goldratt was sharing his passion for TOC and its ability to transform "physical product" companies by way of the Viable Vision. His enthusiasm could easily be described as a squeaky wheel.

He has my attention.

Next stop? Amsterdam.

Jeff 'SKI' Kinsey, Jonah