by BILL WADDELL Reader Jim T. provided us with a link to some news on CNN about Johnson & Johnson, whose never-ending string of manufacturing deb…

by BILL WADDELL Way back when I was doing the research for Rebirth of American Industry I came across the Henry Ford quote; "Profit is the inevi…

by BILL WADDELL In Simple Excellence Adam Zak and I wrote, "The simplest, leanest and best managed a company will ever be is in its infancy whe…

By Kevin Meyer A story in this morning's paper on our new San Luis Obispo sheriff, Ian Parkinson, begins with the following story: On a recent S…

by BILL WADDELL When asked about the death of his closest friend, attorney Joseph Choate, Mark Twain said that Choate had tried telling the truth for…

by BILL WADDELL As everyone pursuing the lean path has known for as along as they have been on the path, the heart of it all is eliminating waste - a…

By Kevin Meyer In March of 2009 I, along with Jon Miller and Ron Pereira, launched Gemba Academy. We had no idea what to expect when the site first…

By Kevin Meyer We all know how easy it is to jump to the quick and easy conclusion that people are the cause of problems.  We see it every day in eve…