Empowered? Really?

3 January 2007

It seems to me there is another fundamental aspect of lean manufacturing that needs to have the harsh light of reality shone upon it: this business of…

No Fool Like An Old Fool

5 December 2006

From the vantage point of a little better than a half century of plodding through it, I want to let the younger readers know that you are not experien…

How Good Is The Management?

3 December 2006

An Evolving Excellence reader from Denmark by the name of Peter Risager, a manufacturing systems student at Aalborg University in Denmark, sent me a t…

Wake Me Up When It's Over

7 November 2006

The news is ablaze with tales of intrigue, suspense, and speculation as Election Day takes over America.  As far as business in general, and manufactu…

Leadership For Dummies

3 November 2006

I just returned from a lean management ranting gig in Greenville, South Carolina - an incredibly beautiful part of the country, chock full of folks pu…

Thanks For Nothin' Al

27 October 2006

Here's a quick Friday quiz for you: Which of these two is a jackass? If you picked the one on the left, you would be incorrect,  It is actually…