By Kevin Meyer Yesterday Sue Shellenbarger penned one of the best articles I've ever seen in The Wall Street Journal, and that's saying a lot…

By Kevin Meyer Many years ago Bill and I authored the Evolving Excellence book which was basically a collection of some our favorite early blog posts…

By Kevin Meyer It took a few minutes to dissect this positive tidbit of news yesterday: Simmons opening a new furniture upholstery facility in the U.…

by BILL WADDELL Yesterday's post on breaking non-value adding costs out on the P&L drew a couple of the questions and opinions that can be ex…

by BILL WADDELL Spending last week at the Lean Accounting Summit probably made me a bit over-sensitive to the subject, but coming across a story abou…

By Kevin Meyer The climate change world is in a bit of a tizzy this week over the resignation of Dr. Ivar Giaever, a nobel laureate physicist current…

by BILL WADDELL Over the years I have been known to badmouth typical approaches to 5S as a glorified housekeeping exercise - getting lean without doi…

by BILL WADDELL Two companies I have worked closely with recently have a common thread:  Both are very good, very lean manufacturers making very good…