by BILL WADDELL Thanks to Jim Fernandez for sending me this article about Fiat's struggles to get their Italian workers to adopt American work pr…

By Kevin Meyer A couple of news items lately prompted me to take a look at my undesired investment, as a taxpayer, in General Motors.  With a couple…

Our partner Gemba Academy has released a new online training course called "The Seven Quality Control Tools."  This 22-module course goes th…

By Kevin Meyer Over the last decade or so, perhaps as lean took root and oozed from my professional to my personal life, I've changed from wantin…

by BILL WADDELL Company #1 Next week it will be one year since I first heard from a mega-giant, multi-national company everyone has heard of with a…

By Kevin Meyer I often talk about the importance of the oft-forgotten second pillar of lean manufacturing: respect for people.  So many companies, us…

by BILL WADDELL Like a lot of companies, Nissan approaches lean like the woman who orders a double cheeseburger, chili cheese fries ... and a Diet Co…

by BILL WADDELL So a guy named Mark Selway is brought into the Boral Company - a  big global building products company based out of Australia - to tu…