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by BILL WADDELL Mixed model scheduling - not just for factories any more ...…

by BILL WADDELL "Motorola’s longtime ticker symbol, MOT, was retired on Tuesday as Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. began trading under its new na…

by BILL WADDELL I'm sure many regular readers interpret my rants about companies going down the drain by chasing cheap labor in China and points…

by BILL WADDELL I got one of those mass emails the other day that all of you get, the ones with inspirational stories promising good luck and eternal…

by BILL WADDELL Ford has something of a scandal unfolding in Germany.  Nothing particularly exotic - purchasing people on the take, apparently. &quo…

by BILL WADDELL From today's Wall Street Journal: "One widely touted solution for current U.S. economic woes is for America to produce more…

by BILL WADDELL The folks at NIKE have the lean spin down pat.  I am sure some consultant somewhere has done well thoroughly indoctrinating them in t…

by BILL WADDELL If you were to add up all the defects in all the automotive recalls in history, you would not reach the order of magnitude of an outf…