Green But Not Lean

25 April 2011

by BILL WADDELL What are we to make of the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics being tasked - and funded - to count the number of '…

No Reasoning With Fanatics

21 April 2011

by BILL WADDELL The EPA has recently released their study of the costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act and its proposed rather draconian expansion.…

Bettin' On The Wrong Horse

18 April 2011

by BILL WADDELL The most important thing in life is not what you did in the past but what you do next.  That is particularly important if you happen…

Talkin' The Talk

8 April 2011

by BILL WADDELL A great interview on Bloomberg with the head of GE's Appliance business ... he talks about having to take a "systems view of…

Back At Square One

6 April 2011

by BILL WADDELL You would never know it by reading the current lean literature, but twenty five years ago lean manufacturing was perceived to be prim…