Category Archives: old lean dude

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,..

In 1985, about the time I was discovering there was a better way to produce products, The Natural, a film about an aging baseball player with..

[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.] ..

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,..

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..