Consultant Heal Thyself!
10 February 2009
A short post today, but sweet. Some stories will be fun to watch this year. At the bottom of a list of companies that may not survive 2009 is consulti…
End Game at Wiremold
9 February 2009
Wiremold has been one of the classic stories of lean success. Some of the greatest lean practitioners, such as Art Byrne and Orry Fiume, came out of t…
Outsourcing is NOT a Lean Initiative
8 February 2009
I've followed JDS Uniphase for many years, ever since their downturn during the 2001 telecom meltdown demolished a previous employer. Last week th…
Does Your Organization Need a Truth-o-Meter?
5 February 2009
The other day on CNN I came across the "Truth-o-Meter" which is actually part of the St. Petersburg Times. There are sub-sections for a &quo…
5:30pm. Please Go Home and...
3 February 2009
Japan has some major workforce issues. One is the tendency to work very long days, even to the point of karoshi... death by overwork. The other is the…
Motorola Follows the Dell Model to Doom
2 February 2009
Nearly a year ago we told you about an interesting new hire and strategy at Motorola. So what do you do if you're a technology company whose prod…
Waste in Speed?
1 February 2009
A core aspect of lean is execution, fast execution. Ohno and Shingo often pushed their folks to just try new ideas and refine later instead of endless…
Bill Waddell
1 February 2009
Bill Waddell is an independent lean manufacturing consultant and the author of Rebirth of American Industry. A leading lean practitioner for over 20 y…