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It’s hard to believe that 2018 is the 20th anniversary for the Toast Kaizen video. After two decades, nearly one hundred and fifty thousand copies..
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September 26 , 2018.
First Lady of Adult Literacy
At the Gemba: Avelino Coehlo and Ines Chiodo show the First Lady a cause and effect problem solving method.
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April 19 , 2018.
Why "Everybody, Everyday"?
Plus a big "congratulations" to MassMutual Financial Group of Springfield MA. Allow me to explain...
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April 05 , 2018.
Babel
I grew up in a small manufacturing company where nine different languages were spoken. English was the language of managers, office workers and some..
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March 20 , 2017.
Ten Posts for Ten Shingo Principles
Hurrah! Today is the first day of Spring, if a little snowy, in the Boston area. And the 28th Annual Shingo Prize Conference is fast approaching in..
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March 21 , 2016.
The Emperor’s New Huddle Boards
After a one-day observation at a local company, I participated in a wrap-up meeting with the General Manager and his team. “We’ve been at this for..
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March 23 , 2015.
Permutations
For many years I worked for a manufacturer of pressure and temperature switches, a small company with a very big product selection. In our product..
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April 18 , 2014.
Upstream Swimmers
I was asked recently by a colleague if I make stuff up for my blog. “Some of your stories seem too crazy,” he said.
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August 16 , 2013.
Early Bloomers
This winter has presented folks in my clime with a perpetual blanket of snow that hides most of the welcome signs of an approaching spring. There is..
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February 26 , 2013.
Death by Efficiency
I was reminded this week how problematical the conceptual blind spots in our management systems can be: An otherwise insightful and..
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February 11 , 2013.
Lead With Humiliation
Very early in my Lean adventure as a new VP of Operations, when the idea of listening to workers was still a little strange, I returned from a week..
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October 04 , 2012.
Overcoming TDD
Gross numbers reflecting American productivity can be misleading. When American companies outsource production, the labor “expense” is replaced with..
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September 21 , 2011.
How Big are Small Ideas?
In 1985, when I transferred to an operations role I inherited a production-only suggestion program. I recall that we received sixteen ideas that year..
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September 16 , 2011.
Mad as H_ll
Okay, I admit, some days I get a little upset when I think about the exodus of jobs from our shores. This clip from the movie Network sums up my..
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September 12 , 2011.
Blame Wars
My introduction to corrective action, about forty years ago, was a four-part form called an Internal Discrepancy Report, or “IDR” as it was..
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September 08 , 2011.