by BILL WADDELL The supply chain disruption stories resulting from the disaster in Japan are reaching a ridiculous level.  As much respect as I have…

by BILL WADDELL Digging for facts to support our opinions and preconceived beliefs is not the same thing as learning, yet that is what most of us do.…

by BILL WADDELL Imagine a five story building burning out of control, and some poor soul jumping from the roof in a desperate attempt to save his lif…

By Kevin Meyer In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll take a quick look at a common problem when communicating statistics: describing order…

By Kevin Meyer Interesting article by Kimberly Weisul in BNet describing a study on where CEOs really spend their time.  As you'd probably suspec…

By Kevin Meyer WIthin the space of five minutes I came across two articles on two companies that have placed quality ahead of easy short-term profits…

By Kevin Meyer Although the wave of companies running to China in the mistaken belief that direct labor is their largest cost has slowed, there are s…

by BILL WADDELL If you are the praying type a lot of good manufacturing folks in northern Japan can use all the help you can give. The earthquake ea…