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Last week I accompanied two of GBMP’s consultants, Bob Elliott and Peter Melnik, to a Shingo Systems Design workshop at Osram, a terrific host site..
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September 25 , 2024.
Rubbing Off
A few weeks ago, I complemented a client who had made a sincere effort, against his habit, to involve a team of employees, instead of just himself,..
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September 05 , 2024.
Strategy Digi-deployment
Deming Prize winner, Ryuji Fukuda, introduced a document to my company in 1989 referred to as the X-Type Matrix for Objective Management. Relatively..
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April 04 , 2024.
Conference is Community
Last month, we completed our 19th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference. The keynote speakers were inspiring and informative, as were the many..
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November 13 , 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.
Excelize Me: 4 Myths & 4 Realities of Racing to Automate
On the eve of our celebration of the American Revolution, here’s a post about another revolution: Industry 4.0. Who remembers VisiCalc, often..
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July 03 , 2018.
Who Cares for the Care Givers?
Last month I joined Eric Buhrens, CEO at Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) to host a leadership team from the Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center. They..
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April 13 , 2018.
Tools or Culture?
With our annual Northeast LEAN Conference just a few days away, I want to relate a personal story about the theme of this year’s conference, The..
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September 14 , 2017.
Cartwheels
Most often when we think of a wheel, it’s in the context of transportation, one of the more obvious and ever-present of the 7 wastes. In fact, the..
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January 31 , 2017.