Category Archives: GBMP

Last month, we completed our 19th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference. The keynote speakers were inspiring and informative, as were the many..

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..

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..

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...

I responded recently to a LinkedIn post regarding AI-assisted robotic recycling. The sorting speed is so fast, we almost miss each sort in the..

With GBMP’s 18th Annual Northeast Lean Conference on the horizon, I’m reflecting on our theme, “Amplifying Lean – The Collaboration Effect.” The term..

“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,..

Every February around this time, there are welcome reminders that Spring is on the way. The first for me is a witch hazel bush in my front yard..

You may recognize the quote from Friedrich Nietzsche – or more recently from Kelly Clarkson 🙂 “What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger.” I’ve..

I sat on the phone on hold this morning, serenaded by Christmas music, interrupted periodically by a recorded message, “Your call is very..