By Kevin Meyer What a couple weeks here at Evolving Excellence.  Discovering that Amazon's worker abuse is on par with Apple's, and even Bill…

by BILL WADDELL I recently had a chance to watch an edition of American Experience on PBS on the building of the Panama Canal.  While the show was la…

by BILL WADDELL When I read the Amazon article cited in Kevin's post yesterday I was reminded of Henry Ford's 'Peace Ship' debacle.…

By Kevin Meyer Take a look at the following quotes from an article on worker abuse.  I've purposely redacted the company and location identifying…

by BILL WADDELL I don't suffer from the illusion - the delusion - that anyone at Walmart or Amazon spends much time mapping value streams or &quo…

by BILL WADDELL Lean is a subset of profit improvement.  Everything about lean will enhance profits, but there are a lot of profit enhancing ideas an…

by BILL WADDELL A couple of comments and thoughts on a couple of books ... Shingo versus Shingo A few weeks ago I wrote a piece contrasting Shingo&…

Our March 2012 escape to Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province proved to be the perfect blend of luxury relaxation and authentic wildlife adventure. Ba…