by BILL WADDELL Barack Obama appointed GE's Jeff Immelt to head up his advisory panel to create jobs.  No doubt Immelt knows how to do it.  GE…

by BILL WADDELL Lots of interesting and curious tales this week in the business world ... A great story about Kroger's came out that speaks to t…

by BILL WADDELL The President of China rolled in yesterday amid quite a bit of media noise but the news stories are largely (to quote Mr Shakespeare)…

By Kevin Meyer Somehow I got roped into watching another mind-numbing show on TV... Extreme Couponing on TLC.  How and why?  If you're a married…

by BILL WADDELL Like every American, and folks around the world for that matter, I was stunned and mortified by the shootings last week in Tucson.  P…

by BILL WADDELL Don't let the passion with which the very lean companies commit to their people mislead you into thinking they are not intensely…

by BILL WADDELL Mixed model scheduling - not just for factories any more ...…

By Kevin Meyer A few days ago I told you the remarkable story of Bangkok Airways, which I encountered while on my recent three week vacation to Thail…