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I don't suffer from the illusion - the delusion - that anyone at Walmart or Amazon spends much time mapping value streams or "looking at the…

Lean is a subset of profit improvement. Everything about lean will enhance profits, but there are a lot of profit enhancing ideas and strategies that…

A couple of comments and thoughts on a couple of books ... Shingo versus Shingo A few weeks ago I wrote a piece contrasting Shingo's 'green…

Next month I am participating in a Lean Sales & Marketing event in Indianapolis and, as I start the preparation process, I thought I might share a…

Despite the stacks of books in my office, living room and bedroom, I am not a hoarder. I get books from every direction - some I buy, many are gifts,…

No one needs any evidence to believe the shaving products business is completely out of control. Every time you shop for razor blades there is a new s…

It seems as though a potato chip company called Route 11 went from nothing to a decent little business largely by offering a variety of different type…

I recently had the opportunity to help a client hire a new operations leader - and the job went to the person who was "geekiest" about manuf…