by BILL WADDELL Everyone seems hell bent on cost reduction, most often without regard for the kind of costs they are trying to reduce.  For that matt…

Kathleen Fasanella over at Fashion Incubator sent me the following video in response my post this morning on Bashing Suppliers Into Submission.  She&#…

You would think that one of the lessons from the destruction of Ford, GM, and Chrysler (ok, GM and Chrysler) would be that you can't beat up your…

by BILL WADDELL After more than a few years in and out of manufacturers on the lean journey - and especially after launching my 1Day Assessment tool…

By Kevin Meyer It's starting to be a trend... a good one for a change.  Companies rethinking their outsourcing strategy after realizing how tradi…

By Kevin Meyer Yes I know I’ve been a bit absent lately. Sorry about that. Somehow the real job… jobs... passions… keeps getting in the way of pennin…

by BILL WADDELL I have written before of Professor Tom Johnson up at Portland State - the author of Relevance L ost the book that opened everyone&#…

by BILL WADDELL The new owners of Chrysler have had a busy week.  Many folks may not know that they have cobbled together a couple of great old brand…