Lean folks are naturally tuned to recognize unnecessary complexity, and most of us know the largest cost in a manufacturing operation is usually not t…

The most important thing in life is not what you did in the past but what you do next. That is particularly important if you happen to be Bill Simon -…

A few days ago The Wall Street Journal had a book review on John Kay's Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly. I'm typically mo…

Here we are again, tax day. I'm always amazed by the people excited to receive a refund not realizing they've really just given the government…

If it weren't for the fact that thousands of manufacturers all over the developed world are diligently and relentlessly reducing their carbon emis…

I had a couple of hours to think this morning thanks to running the Wine Country Half Marathon. Yep, 13.1 miles, which is nothing (ok, half) compared…

By most accounts we are on the verge of shutting down the US government. To that I can only say, thank goodness. Much more government and manufacturin…

You would never know it by reading the current lean literature, but twenty five years ago lean manufacturing was perceived to be primarily an alternat…