The Soul Of Lean
8 July 2009
by BILL WADDELL I have often made feeble attempts to describe why publicly traded companies find it virtually impossible to embrace lean manufacturin…
Boeing Continues to Re-Learn the Outsourcing Lesson
6 July 2009
By Kevin Meyer Boeing is in the news again, unfortunately announcing more delays with the 787 Dreamliner. We've talked for years about how the…
An Outsourcing King Has Second Thoughts
28 June 2009
By Kevin Meyer Could it really be?? The king of outsourcing changing his stripes? Mr. Immelt (CEO, General Electric) said GE had "outsourced…
Long is not Lean
9 May 2009
A recent article in Logistics Management raised my ire a bit. The title is The Downside of Lean Logistics, but the author completely misses his own p…
More Lemmings Come Marching Home
18 April 2009
Pardon me if I'm a bit unfair to Delta Air Lines, but they happened to be the scapegoat of the article I'm referencing. Delta Air Lines Inc.…
Pop Goes China
31 March 2009
by BILL WADDELL It may have passed under your radar in the global economic hubub, but Chinese manufacturing is in the tank and sinking deeper. While…
The Evolving Excellence Crystal Ball
23 March 2009
Sometimes we surprise even ourselves. Unfortunately. From an Evolving Excellence post nearly thirty months ago: Ahh... to be a world tourist. Glob…
Lego Figures It Out
9 March 2009
What a wild ride it's been at Lego. First in mid-2006 Bill told us about their initial decisions to outsource manufacturing. The only trick the…