Over the last few years we've chronicled the travails of Lego, the Danish maker of plastic children's toys.  I like the product and have credi…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics, we ask you to be careful of fads, especially those driven by popular passion.  We all want to be environmental…

Last month we told you how Lenovo, the Chinese company that bought the rights to the IBM computer line, is moving manufacturing facilities out of Chin…

One of the fun things with having well over a thousand subscribers and several thousand readers a day is that posts from the Evolving Excellence blog…

Steve over at The Skeptical Optimist is pondering an interesting quandary. I'm stuck on what seems like a flaw in the the basis for marxist/socia…

We occasionally have the unfortunate duty to report on companies that have met their demise.  Often they haven't even tried lean and therefore are…

Here's a treat for Valentine's... a peek inside the Jelly Belly factory.  Several of us have visited that factory near Napa Valley in Californ…

The credit crunch is on everyone's mind these days, from individuals looking to purchase homes and cars to businesses trying to acquire new equipm…