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by Bill WADDELL After having spent a little time in Mexico and down along the Arizona border lately I can sympathize with the Chinese having to expla…

This week we visit Allen Edmonds, a shoe company that resisted the urge to chase cheap labor overseas and instead invested in lean manufacturing.  Whi…

by BILL WADDELL 127 days - 18 weeks - from now kicks off American Manufacturing Week.  The week of October 2 -9 is when we celebrate the critical con…

by BILL WADDELL Economy of scale is great when you've got it.  The problem comes when you try to create it out of thin air.  That tunnel visioned…

by BILL WADDELL The one group that has been allowed to opt out of the lean transformation has been Sales & Marketing - and that is about to end.…

Great factory tour of the old Ford Model T lines.  Near the end are some scenes of rather amazing off road driving by that vehicle.  For over 300 virt…

by BILL WADDELL In a story that rings a bit of The Emperor's New Clothes, a young girl from Missouri by the name of Kate Hodges is taking her 3.5…

by BILL WADDELL Thought I'd send you into the weekend on a lighter note.  It's well worth a couple of minutes to watch this clip from the Dai…