The End of Jack Welch Capitalism
9 April 2010
by BILL WADDELL A guy by the name of Richard Lambert who works for the Confederation of British Industries - kind of like the Brit version of NAM - g…
The Single Greatest Obstacle To Manufacturing Excellence
6 April 2010
by BILL WADDELL Some guy named Rich Campanola was working hard at the Simmons Mattress plant in Agawam, Massachusetts - trying to wrap his mind and t…
Meet Pete Lambie
30 March 2010
Who are you? What organization are you with? What are your current Lean-Oriented activities? My name is Pete Lambie and I work as a consultant for…
Hey Rio Tinto: Don't Be Evil
30 March 2010
by BILL WADDELL This is a tale of two companies with very divergent views of their role and responsibility in the world: Rio Tinto and Google. Let&…
The Willie Sutton Rule of Lean
29 March 2010
by BILL WADDELL The following is an actual chart from a recent One Day Assessment, showing the distribution of one particular manufacturer's cost…
New Definition of Comparative Advantage
4 March 2010
by BILL WADDELL The explanation from those on high for throwing American manufacturing - as well as manufacturing in western Europe and Australia - u…
Hold the phone!
1 March 2010
by BILL WADDELL Last week Dan posted a piece about some guys who reinvented the lean wheel over on the Harvard Business Review, and dubbed it M4L4M -…
Look Down Under For Great Ideas
28 February 2010
by BILL WADDELL I am heading back to the land of kangaroos and koalas soon to partner for a couple of weeks with KAON Consulting and the State of Que…