by BILL WADDELL The New York Times has run a series of stories written by a guy who runs a woodworking company in the Philadelphia area in which the…

By Kevin Meyer I love reading The Wall Street Journal on the iPad.  More than any other newspaper or magazine, the WSJ got it right in terms of funct…

by BILL WADDELL We call them the LLCC's - the Low Labor Cost Countries - and we rationalize having the goods we buy made there through a convenie…

By Kevin Meyer Over a decade ago I created my first lean enterprise assessment, just as a tool to help me understand gaps in my organization.  I'…

by BILL WADDELL Once there was a manufacturing executive who was concerned about the inaccurate financial information he was getting, so he moved his…

by BILL WADDELL An interesting article over at Industry Week: Lean's High Tech Makeover - Toyota matches its Toyota Production System with advan…

By Kevin Meyer Now that I can reliably see again, I have something of a pent-up list of topics I'd like to write on.  But it's the weekend, s…

by BILL WADDELL The good folks at McKinsey have put out a massive report called "Manufacturing the Future: The Next Era of Global Growth and Inn…