You Can't Forget Eli
16 July 2009
by BILL WADDELL I was working with a client on the west coast recently and it struck me how often I come across manufacturers who have abandoned the…
This Is Good
15 July 2009
Thanks to Jerry Miller at MAPCO & Miller Metal Manufacturing in Ohio. He found it on Onion News, which is probably a more reliable source of info…
Throwin' the MEPs Under The Green Bus
9 July 2009
By BILL WADDELL When I write anything about Bush, Obama, Congress or the EPA a great wailing begins from some readers that they are not interested in…
The Soul Of Lean
8 July 2009
by BILL WADDELL I have often made feeble attempts to describe why publicly traded companies find it virtually impossible to embrace lean manufacturin…
Lean Accounting Is The Key
7 July 2009
by BILL WADDELL You may have noticed that the pace of my writing slowed over the last few weeks as the demand for my one day assessments took me to N…
5S: Reality or Lean Illusion
1 July 2009
by BILL WADDELL Probably the worst abuse of lean principles - or the most misused - is 5S. Take a gander at this from the Wall Street Journal. Acco…
The Sticky Matter of Ethics
22 June 2009
by BILL WADDELL The Federal Trade Commission is going after bloggers to compel them to disclose any value they receive from companies for endorsing t…
Great Summary of the Economic Fiasco
19 June 2009
by BILL WADDELL In an earlier post I cited an article written by James Quinnn from Dartmouth. Here is another of his articles summarizing what went…