The folks at NIKE have the lean spin down pat. I am sure some consultant somewhere has done well thoroughly indoctrinating them in the whole lean spie…

Yes, a major milestone. But one that is nearly impossible to comprehend. Forty. J&J, the world’s largest health products company, has recalled…

We probably aren't making any friends over at McKinsey, not that we really care. From nearly destroying Lego to figuring out that silo organizatio…

If you were to add up all the defects in all the automotive recalls in history, you would not reach the order of magnitude of an outfit that has a bil…

A short op-ed in The Wall Street Journal last week had some interesting numbers on a group of companies that are growing: Last month a Survey of Cu…

Most of my study of lean has been an effort to try to understand the driving principles - to get into the minds - of the people who created the core b…

I've been mulling this latest WikiLeaks controversy for a few days and there's an aspect that really troubles me. I'll stay away from the…

I had a warm feeling in my heart a few months ago when I heard about the Philips fluorescent lighting plant in Sparta, Tennessee winning an Industry W…