In order to come up with blog fodder, I have a number of news sources and web sites I cruise every morning to see what's up in the manufacturing w…

I just realized that the Evolving Excellence blog is a year old this month, which made me pause for a few moments of reflection. Creating and buildin…

I know that some people think that on rare occasions I might be a little cynical and sarcastic, but believe me, I am asking this question in earnest.…

The largest privately owned manufacturing company in the U.S. came together yesterday when Koch announced that it was buying Georgia-Pacific.  The fol…

Peter Drucker died yesterday at the age of 95 and American business lost one of its greatest thinkers and strongest supporters.  I am sure glowing obi…

Evolving Excellence has become a bit punchy lately, but this is because we feel that a critical debate is needed within the lean manufacturing communi…

Apparently the manufacturing community should be on a continuous improvement curve, but consultants and Shingo Prize executive directors are exempt.…

Kevin's post, "Outsourcing Communication Affects Quality" laid bare the folly expecting quality results from a value stream made up of p…