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…

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…