by BILL WADDELL After one of my recent rants on the devastating impact Wall Street is having on our manufacturing base, a reader by the name of Mike,…

by BILL WADDELL I was thumbing through the Chrysler bankruptcy filing and came across a few numbers that are worth sharing.  The great thing about Ch…

For years I've been one of those types that operates most effectively while in a state of chaos.  I've tried paper planners, electronic planne…

This week on 5 Questions we meet Ken Rolfes, a very active member of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence. -------------- 1.Who are you? Wha…

A recent article in Logistics Management raised my ire a bit.  The title is The Downside of Lean Logistics, but the author completely misses his own p…

This week we visit EXP Wire Machine.…

by BILL WADDELL The fact that we are borrowing money from future generations and spending it like drunken sailors on shore leave is well documented.…

by BILL WADDELL Several years back one of my sons played on a little league baseball team that happened to be losing 15 or 20 to nothing, which happe…