by BILL WADDELL "I've learned that leadership is taking other people where they can't take themselves.  I've learned that it is not…

By Kevin Meyer Here in the U.S. it's Thanksgiving Day where we traditionally give thanks for what we have. Yes we all have our struggles.  Many…

by BILL WADDELL I don't have any particular reason to pick on FormFactor, they just happened to hit the news with a typically insane quarterly ea…

By Kevin Meyer I'm continually amazed that some folks, fewer and fewer thankfully, still consider Paul Krugman to be a reliable thought leader on…

By Kevin Meyer Behold!  The financial crisis has helped the U.S. consumer understand the value of just-in-time! Nearly three years ago I told you ab…

In this edition of our occasional "5 Questions" series we meet Kevin von Grabe, co-author of Building a Lean Fulfillment Stream. ------ 1.…

by BILL WADDELL Those of us who are in the business of teaching lean are engaged in the endless pursuit of the perfect example, the best analogy, the…

by BILL WADDELL I thought that there were two kinds of companies - the enlightened ones that viewed a dissatisfied customer as a major problem - a pu…