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…

By Kevin Meyer Regular readers know that the "respect for people" pillar of lean is particularly important to me - in fact I consider it to…