Things are starting to churn in China at a rate that should have American companies reaching into the files and pulling out the contingencies plans ..…

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

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 largely complimentar…

When I read the Amazon article cited in Kevin's post yesterday I was reminded of Henry Ford's 'Peace Ship' debacle. The disconnect bet…

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

I don't suffer from the illusion - the delusion - that anyone at Walmart or Amazon spends much time mapping value streams or "looking at the…

Lean is a subset of profit improvement. Everything about lean will enhance profits, but there are a lot of profit enhancing ideas and strategies that…

A couple of comments and thoughts on a couple of books ... Shingo versus Shingo A few weeks ago I wrote a piece contrasting Shingo's 'green…