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.…

By Kevin Meyer There was a very interesting article in the Wall Street Journal a couple days ago chronicling human development and especially the rap…

Great factory tour of the old Ford Model T lines.  Near the end are some scenes of rather amazing off road driving by that vehicle.  For over 300 virt…

By Kevin Meyer 25 years ago Toyota and GM entered into a joint venture to produce small cars together.  For GM it was an opportunity to learn about T…

By Kevin Meyer One of my company's competitors, which will remain nameless so I don't create any more Google love for them, recently added a…