Our friend Bob Emiliani won a Shingo Prize for his book Better Thinking, Better Results, and he has contributed many thought-provoking articles to Sup…

The post on Welfare Waste a few days ago apparently touched a nerve with many readers.  I've received well over a dozen emails in response, almost…

If you're a regular reader looking for more insight on manufacturing excellence, leave now.  If your search engine took you here and you're wo…

Our good friend Karen Wilhelm at the Lean Reflections blog recently posted a first-hand account of an encounter with welfare waste. She hit one of my…

The news is ablaze with tales of intrigue, suspense, and speculation as Election Day takes over America.  As far as business in general, and manufactu…

It's rare that I feel I need to bang my head against the wall first thing in the morning, but it happened today.  I grabbed my coffee and opened t…

Three days ago we told you about "pull economics," where "a profound shift is taking place from predictive to non-predictive demand - f…

My wife is taking a couple classes in preparation for attempting a PhD in psychology... probably so she can finally figure out why her husband loves f…