by BILL WADDELL When I wrote about GE's very late discovery of lean yesterday, a few comments came in and a few emails hit my inbox defending the…

by BILL WADDELL In a story that is nothing short of flabbergasting, GE has discovered kaizen. After meteorically rising and falling as the best mana…

By Kevin Meyer As regular readers know, I'm usually not a big fan of the Harvard Business Review, but recently there have been a couple of intrig…

In this edition of our occasional "5 Questions" series we meet fellow lean blogger Tim McMahon. ------- 1. Who are you, what organization…

Just a quick note that the Superfactory website has been updated with over 300 virtual factory tours, including my favorite: Beach Beat Surfboards!…

By Kevin Meyer A common statistic from those that believe health care in the U.S. could be "better" is infant mortality, where in many comp…

By Kevin Meyer It's Friday, time for something a bit lighter and different.  We all know that benchmarking has all kinds of fallacies, from basic…

by BILL WADDELL One lesson of many I have learned since I started down the consulting trail years ago is that when the management team of a client co…