Factory Tour of the Week: KHK Stock Gears
5 April 2009
This week we visit KHK Stock Gears.…
Quick! Find Yahoo's Value Stream!
4 April 2009
Leanophiles know that all organizations have value streams... the sequence of operations that creates value, and generally some tag-along waste, for t…
A Plague On Both Your Houses
3 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL On April 26, 1995, a plane flying over the Cincinnati Reds opening day baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Riverfront Stadium t…
And On And On We Go
2 April 2009
by BILL WADDELL For those who haven't dug into lean deeply enough to understand how accounting is the real problem, and Lean Accounting is an abs…
Pop Goes China
31 March 2009
by BILL WADDELL It may have passed under your radar in the global economic hubub, but Chinese manufacturing is in the tank and sinking deeper. While…
Taking the "Gen" out of "Genchi Genbutsu"
30 March 2009
Well, GM is in the news again, this time for refusing to cancel its program that gives a company car and company-paid gas for about 8,000 white-collar…
And They Say Crime Doesn't Pay
30 March 2009
by BILL WADDELL Bank of America got $25 billion last Fall, then another $20 billion in January, plus a guarantee against losses of $118 billion, and…
5 Questions - Meet Pete Abilla
29 March 2009
In this issue of 5 Questions we meet Peter Abilla, who many of you probably follow over at shmula. ------ 1. Who are you, what organization are you…