Murphy's Anti-Lean Law
27 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL It can be very tempting to look upon the GM debacle with detachment - as some grand, distant auto/political thing that may be interes…
27 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL It can be very tempting to look upon the GM debacle with detachment - as some grand, distant auto/political thing that may be interes…
23 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL Several years ago I was part of a turnaround team at Cincinnati Microwave - the people that invented radar detectors. I worked with…
22 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL A few months ago I launched a one day blitz consulting service in which I would spend one long, intensive day in a company giving the…
15 April 2009
I read an article today about a gang called Global Wind Systems, Inc that is bringing a "ray of hope" to Michigan where the unemployment rat…
11 April 2009
Got this from a friend and had to share ... Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loya…
10 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL Actually 'chisan chishou" doesn't translate to "all logistics is waste". It means 'local production for lo…
8 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL Perhaps I was a bit harsh a few weeks back when I was critical of the Ivy Leaguers running just about every aspect of the global econ…
7 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL My post the other day, "A Plague On Both Your Houses" stirred up a few folks - imagine that - me writing something that ril…