by BILL WADDELL A few years ago in researching Rebirth of American Industry I read Alfred Sloan's books and articles in an attempt to understand…

By Kevin Meyer Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is one of those guys you like, even if you sometimes you may not agree with him completely.  A few months…

by BILL WADDELL I don't plan this stuff - it just happens, but this seems to be airline lean week.   Any doubt about how badly the airlines need…

by BILL WADDELL "Think simple as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to firs…

by BILL WADDELL Twenty four years ago I took on my first kaizen event at a Copeland plant in North Carolina.  We didn't know it was to be called…

By Kevin Meyer I just learned that Dave Hogg, one of my oldest friends and mentors in the lean world, has received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Me…

by BILL WADDELL So much for Al Gore inventing the Internet.  Check this out from 1934: Original: http://idatix.com/manufacturing-leadership/most-inn…

By Kevin Meyer In his piece yesterday on A New Ball Game, Bill actually beat me to the punch a bit on the sordid story of American Apparel.  I've…