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…

by BILL WADDELL "You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy."  No less an authority on craziness…