Elephants Are Best Eaten One Bite At A Time
1 February 2011
by BILL WADDELL As far as vices go my compulsive, obsessive fascination with the Civil War is probably one of the least harmful ones on which to wast…
What Happened to Materials Management?
31 January 2011
by BILL WADDELL Northern Illinois - my neck of the woods - is supposed to get a foot and a half of snow tomorrow - maybe. With their $5 billion budg…
Such Scenic Factories!
29 January 2011
By Kevin Meyer Many of us have visiting Japan to tour the factories of companies like Toyota in order to learn a little more about lean. But how man…
Salmon, Silos and Culture
27 January 2011
by BILL WADDELL The President said it was high time the government got reorganized the other night in his State of the Union speech, drawing a few la…
Four Seasons: Our key competitive difference is our people
26 January 2011
By Kevin Meyer I often talk about how "respect for people" is the oft-forgotten second pillar of lean - and how lean fails when that concep…
Piping One Piece at a Time
25 January 2011
By Kevin Meyer I was thumbing through some old magazines that had built up in the mayhem of the past month and came across an interesting article in…
Out Innovating Does Not Create Jobs
24 January 2011
by BILL WADDELL Tonight Mr Obama will expound on his economic theories that will restore the American economy and put everyone back to work. Word ha…
Toyota Kata - A 'Must Read'
24 January 2011
by BILL WADDELL In all of the years of writing for Evolving Excellence you can count on one hand the books I have recommended as vital for an underst…