What Are You Measuring

31 October 2012

by BILL WADDELL The economic theory of lean is universal - pretty much the same whether it is applied to the company, or to an individual or to the c…

Lean and Technology

25 October 2012

by BILL WADDELL I was interviewed yesterday by Industry Week on the ever lively topic of lean thinking versus technology. ... it seems this subject k…

It's Not Coming Back?

18 October 2012

by BILL WADDELL China took American manufacturing through currency manipulation, exploitation of child labor, blatant abuse of its citizen workers a…

Mathematical Fiction

17 October 2012

by BILL WADDELL Normally I would agree with someone who observes that criticizing without offering an alternative is just cynicism and not very helpf…