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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.
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.
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.