By Kevin Meyer GM could have been a very different company today.  Unfortunately it missed, if not completely screwed up, the best opportunity almost…

By Kevin Meyer The political left went off the deep end a couple months ago when John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods and ostensibly "one of them,&qu…

A couple days ago Bill told you about Toyota's Inexcusable Failure after the company had to recall over three million vehicles. So much for quali…

Regular readers know that a little over a year ago we told you about Kiva, an online organization that creates the ability for individuals to provide…

by BILL WADDELL It is impossible to get writer's block when tasked with writing about American manufacturing.  I can always count on the news for…

by BILL WADDELL California has lots of problems as everyone knows, and manufacturing is in a virtual free fall there.  I suppose it is a case of the…

by BILL WADDELL Many of us in the lean community - all of us long admirers of Toyota and ardent proponents of the business and manufacturing model th…

by BILL WADDELL I am back after a week away from Evolving Excellence attending the Lean Accounting Summit in Orlando.  It was another amazing experie…