Yesterday Sue Shellenbarger penned one of the best articles I've ever seen in The Wall Street Journal, and that's saying a lot. Those of us in…

Many years ago Bill and I authored the Evolving Excellence book which was basically a collection of some our favorite early blog posts. To simplify th…

It took a few minutes to dissect this positive tidbit of news yesterday: Simmons opening a new furniture upholstery facility in the U.S. - and not jus…

Yesterday's post on breaking non-value adding costs out on the P&L drew a couple of the questions and opinions that can be expected when the i…

Spending last week at the Lean Accounting Summit probably made me a bit over-sensitive to the subject, but coming across a story about the Department…

The climate change world is in a bit of a tizzy this week over the resignation of Dr. Ivar Giaever, a nobel laureate physicist currently teaching at m…

Over the years I have been known to badmouth typical approaches to 5S as a glorified housekeeping exercise - getting lean without doing any of the har…

Two companies I have worked closely with recently have a common thread: Both are very good, very lean manufacturers making very good money; and neithe…