Unemotional, Hard Core Lean
29 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL I get a lot of email from people urging their product, cause or point of view on me as blog fodder. 99% of those unsolicited emails…
Sorting Out A Few Issues
26 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL I thought it might be worthwhile to sort out some of the bumbling, blathering nonsense related to manufacturing flowing from the Pres…
Another Roundup
23 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL Lots of interesting tidbits to share this week, so let's get on with it ... Gluttons for Punishment Jim Huntzinger and Dwayne B…
Bragging About Failure
23 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL Imagine you run a lemonade stand in front of your house, and you do pretty well at it. Now suppose I live a thousand miles away from…
Manufacturing Versus the Arrogant Elite
20 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL My mother was proud to see me head off long ago to Saint Xavier High School in Cincinnati - an expensive, Jesuit school with demandin…
Brace Yourself St Peter - Eli's Coming
13 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL I'm sure the warning is too late, and as we speak St Peter is completely overwhelmed with the urgency of applying the Theory of C…
Did you hear the one about the bankers, a consultant and a marketer?
12 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL What do you get when you combine five bankers, McKinsey and a CEO who knows nothing but marketing? Propriety prevents me from getting…
Looting Factories For Fun and Profit
10 June 2011
by BILL WADDELL A year ago I wrote about the sad story of the Simmons Mattress company, a well run outfit that got caught in the cross hairs of the i…