Deja Vu All Over Again
13 May 2010
by BILL WADDELL The responses to my recent posts concerning GE, as well as my overflowing email inbox, have caused me to realize that many Evolving E…
Fiddling While Manufacturing Burns
10 May 2010
by BILL WADDELL When I wrote about GE's very late discovery of lean yesterday, a few comments came in and a few emails hit my inbox defending the…
Lean As The Last Resort
10 May 2010
by BILL WADDELL In a story that is nothing short of flabbergasting, GE has discovered kaizen. After meteorically rising and falling as the best mana…
5 Questions - Meet Tim McMahon
8 May 2010
In this edition of our occasional "5 Questions" series we meet fellow lean blogger Tim McMahon. ------- 1. Who are you, what organization…
Rationalizing Mediocrity
6 May 2010
by BILL WADDELL One lesson of many I have learned since I started down the consulting trail years ago is that when the management team of a client co…
The Ripple Impact of the Small Change
5 May 2010
By Kevin Meyer Nearly a month ago I read a fascinating article in The Economist that still has me pondering a bit. The actual topic didn't reall…
It's About Time, Not Inventory
4 May 2010
by BILL WADDELL A volcano erupts in Iceland, the European air freight system slams to a halt, stores run out of products and manufacturers run out of…
We're Going Linear
30 April 2010
by BILL WADDELL A few years back I had the privilege of providing translation services for Hiroyuki Hirano when he wrote "JIT Is Flow". (Am…