Evolving Excellence - Economies of Scale

I found these two articles that were written by Bill Waddell some years ago, about the "phallacy" of economies of scale, and how Toyota defied the basic assumption of "more production means lower costs" by creat.  Still incredibly relevant and on to point.

Part 1

http://bit.ly/sgALHG

Part 2

http://bit.ly/vuvdWU