Welcome to the Funhouse
14 December 2011
by BILL WADDELL Right from the get-go I want to make it clear that it is not my purpose to bash Ford. I am citing their numbers due solely to lazine…
A Dose of Common Sense Goes A Long Way
12 December 2011
by BILL WADDELL The good ol' folks down in Georgia have a way of nailing things right on the head. This from Alan Barfoot with the Georgia Tech…
Go Innovate Somewhere Else
12 December 2011
by BILL WADDELL I rail against the incompetence of the big publicly traded companies as loudly as anyone, however, I have to scratch my head at the n…
Inventory Idiocy
8 December 2011
by BILL WADDELL The end of the year draws nigh and ten or eleven months of ignoring supply chains in general, and inventory in particular is coming h…
A House Divided Cannot Stand
1 December 2011
by BILL WADDELL In most companies sales and manufacturing are two distinct and seperate - often opposing - entities. The sales folks are physically,…
Conflicted Toyota
29 November 2011
By Kevin Meyer Toyota took the fundamentals of lean from the likes of Ford and Deming and others decades ago, crafted it into TPS in the 60s and 70s…
Wrapping Up A Short Week
22 November 2011
By BILL WADDELL A couple of interesting stories to touch on before we wrap up the short Thanksgiving week: Assembly Mag is offended Kevin pointed o…
Culture Adrift
17 November 2011
by BILL WADDELLLoyalty, forgiveness, a team focus ... these are all admirable traits of organizational culture ...to a point. When loyalty morphs into…