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As we approach the 19th year of our annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference (less than a month away!), I’d like to emphasize the acronym L.E.A.N...
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September 11 , 2023.
Labor Wastage Day
I’ll admit it. After five decades watching U.S. companies turning to simplistic accounting tricks to remain profitable, I’m discouraged. I was a kid..
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September 01 , 2023.
It's About Time
Our 19th annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference (L.E.A.N. = Lean Enable and Nurture) is now just weeks away. This year’s theme, IT’S ABOUT TIME,..
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August 24 , 2023.
The First Shingo Prize – Behind the Scenes
This post is a prequel to another from June 2023, which recounted the very first Shingo Prize award ceremony – 35 years ago. Attending this year’s..
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August 14 , 2023.
Knowledge Workers
Peter Drucker, celebrated by BusinessWeek magazine in 2005 as “the man who invented management,” is credited with a concept that has created..
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August 04 , 2023.
The First Shingo Prize
Last month marked the 35th anniversary of the Shingo Prize, an award bestowed each year to recognize organizations that demonstrate the principles..
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June 15 , 2023.
Push The Cart
There’s a certain irony for me in the attention given recently to the application of robots on the shop floor. On a couple occasions in the past..
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February 28 , 2023.
Year End Muda
So much of the technical aspect of Lean relates to time: cycle time, lead-time, takt time, set-up time, and, of course, time associated with waste...
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December 30 , 2022.
Robot Day
Everyday Collaboration
With GBMP’s 18th Annual Northeast Lean Conference on the horizon, I’m reflecting on our theme, “Amplifying Lean – The Collaboration Effect.” The term..
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August 12 , 2022.
Uncommon Sense
“Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This advice, attributed to Nicolo Machiavelli, and later cited by Winston Churchill at the conclusion of WWII,..
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August 05 , 2022.
The Natural
Too Happy Too Soon
[Editor’s Note: This post is part 2 of a post from March 1, Do Your Job. If you haven’t already read it, reading it will help to provide context.]
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March 09 , 2022.
Do Your Job
We had been working with TSSC for two years to build a model line in our assembly department. As we moved from small batch production to one-by-one,..
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March 01 , 2022.
Signs of Spring
Lean Lessons from COVID
You may recognize the quote from Friedrich Nietzsche – or more recently from Kelly Clarkson 🙂 “What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger.” I’ve..
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December 30 , 2021.
You’re My #1 Customer
The Power of Commitment
As promised in my last post, here is another tribute to Mr. Hajime Oba:
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November 15 , 2021.
My First Lesson
When PDCA Meets Silos
PDCA – Plan, Do, Check, Act (or Adjust) — is one of those acronymic concepts that regularly finds its way into Lean discussions. Descended from..
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June 30 , 2021.