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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..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, kaizen, bruce hamilton on 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...
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, kaizen on December 30 , 2022.

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..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, kaizen on 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,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, kaizen on August 05 , 2022.

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.]
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, kaizen on 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,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, kaizen on March 01 , 2022.

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..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, GBMP, kaizen on December 30 , 2021.

The Power of Commitment

As promised in my last post, here is another tribute to Mr. Hajime Oba:
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, continuous flow on November 15 , 2021.

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..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement on June 30 , 2021.

IoT, Industry 4.0 & 21st Century Lean

Just two days to go before our 16th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference, an opportunity for all of us to put aside the tactical realities of..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on October 05 , 2020.

Standard Units

“What’s measured improves.” So said famed management consultant and author, Peter Drucker. Assuming we are measuring the right things, how do..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on October 01 , 2020.

Superficial Improvement

Several years ago, I wrote a post (worth a quick re-read) entitled, “Rosie the Robot,” wondering how technology changes that have emerged in this..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen, IIOT on September 30 , 2020.

Us and Them

Lean Peeve #7 is about the human divide that kills continuous improvement: Us & Them
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 29 , 2020.

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