Several of you have known that Factory Strategies Group, the parent of Superfactory and Evolving Excellence, along with Gemba Research and Lean Six Si…

1. Who are you, what organization are you with, and what are your current lean-oriented activities? I'm Kathleen Fasanella author of The Entrepre…

This week we see how hummus is made!…

by BILL WADDELL A fact that the lean community has known for a long time is beginning to dawn on the rest of the world ... that there are two kinds o…

I began re-reading today the classic book Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production by Taiichi Ohno. As I was perusing Ohno’s Preface I…

by BILL WADDELL I ranted a bit yesterday on the state of the economy, pointing out that the credit disaster had been building for the "last few…

Häagen-Dazs, owned by ice cream giant Dreyer's, just announced that they're "downsizing" their pints of ice cream. In a truly Orwell…

by BILL WADDELL It is interesting to read all of the so-called experts predict when and how the economy will recover.  The Obama folks are, on the on…