by BILL WADDELL The nexus between safety and quality is not always clear, especially to those outside of manufacturing looking in, but there is no qu…

by BILL WADDELL A few months back I was asked to visit one of the big - really big - manufacturing software providers to talk to them about lean. The…

by Bill WADDELL After having spent a little time in Mexico and down along the Arizona border lately I can sympathize with the Chinese having to expla…

By Kevin Meyer Regular readers know I have a strange habit of flying off to Hawaii on just a couple hours notice when I feel the need to clear the mi…

This week we visit Allen Edmonds, a shoe company that resisted the urge to chase cheap labor overseas and instead invested in lean manufacturing.  Whi…

by BILL WADDELL 127 days - 18 weeks - from now kicks off American Manufacturing Week.  The week of October 2 -9 is when we celebrate the critical con…

by BILL WADDELL Economy of scale is great when you've got it.  The problem comes when you try to create it out of thin air.  That tunnel visioned…

by BILL WADDELL The one group that has been allowed to opt out of the lean transformation has been Sales & Marketing - and that is about to end.…