By Kevin Meyer Don't worry folks, although the article I reference here is on regulation, my point is aimed at corporate policies and procedures…

by BILL WADDELL In most companies sales and manufacturing are two distinct and seperate - often opposing - entities.  The sales folks are physically,…

By Kevin Meyer Toyota took the fundamentals of lean from the likes of Ford and Deming and others decades ago, crafted it into TPS in the 60s and 70s…

By Kevin Meyer Here in the U.S. it's Thanksgiving, a day when we try to reflect on our world and give thanks for what we have.  Even in the face…

By BILL WADDELL A couple of interesting stories to touch on before we wrap up the short Thanksgiving week: Assembly Mag is offended Kevin pointed o…

By Kevin Meyer Here I naively thought perhaps we had moved on.  Over the past several months we've had story after story of companies realizing t…

by BILL WADDELLLoyalty, forgiveness, a team focus ... these are all admirable traits of organizational culture ...to a point. When loyalty morphs into…

by BILL WADDELL I came across a great quote the other day attributed to Fulton Sheen.  he said, "The time one has for anything depends on how mu…