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by BILL WADDELL Many of us in the lean community - all of us long admirers of Toyota and ardent proponents of the business and manufacturing model th…

I try not to use this blog as a bully pulpit to vent personal frustrations, but over the past couple days I've experienced about the epitome of po…

by BILL WADDELL Just how disconnected some people are from the the notion of true leadership is made plain by the fact that the government has seen t…

by BILL WADDELL I am inundated with unsolicited manuscripts from business writers who hope that I will use my platform to push their particular book.…

by BILL WADDELL A week ago I wrote a post concerning metrics that generated quite a stir - as anything regarding metrics always does.  My web site to…

by BILL WADDELL I know that the following data comes as no surprise to the lean manufacturing community.  I apologize for telling you what you most c…

by BILL WADDELL I have written before of Professor Tom Johnson up at Portland State - the author of Relevance L ost the book that opened everyone&#…

by BILL WADDELL The new owners of Chrysler have had a busy week.  Many folks may not know that they have cobbled together a couple of great old brand…