By Kevin Meyer I've been a little out of touch over the last few weeks dealing with an unnecessarily complex business situation involving multipl…

by BILL WADDELL I am not remotely qualified to advise anyone on the complexities of marriage or the workings of the female psyche; I can only observe…

In news guaranteed to make Bill Waddell smile, new research from business school professors at Stanford and Wharton (yes, those pointy-headed academic…

This week we visit a Dell computer factory.  Different emphasis this time: can you count the number of non-lean activities? Visit Superfactory for mor…

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…