Begging for Lean Thinking
14 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL I don't plan this stuff - it just happens, but this seems to be airline lean week. Any doubt about how badly the airlines need…
The Value of Smarter Accountants
13 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL "Think simple as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to firs…
The Government Gets One Right
12 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL Twenty four years ago I took on my first kaizen event at a Copeland plant in North Carolina. We didn't know it was to be called…
Most Innovation is Actually Evolution
7 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL So much for Al Gore inventing the Internet. Check this out from 1934: Original: http://idatix.com/manufacturing-leadership/most-inn…
A New Ballgame
4 June 2012
by BILL WADDELL I read an article the other day describing Macy's strategy to blur the lines between stores and distribution centers. They are k…
It's About Time
30 May 2012
by BILL WADDELL In the manufacturing world most understand that excellence - lean - centers on cycle time. Manufacturers aren't necessarily all…
It All Comes Down To Productivity
25 May 2012
by BILL WADDELL Mitt Romney last Fall: "'Our productivity equals our income." Barack Obama in response on Wednesday: "... the not…
Why Facebook Is A Sucker's Bet
18 May 2012
by BILL WADDELL Valuing Facebook at $100 billion killed the company. While it could have continued to limp along as a privately held company, as a pu…