Paul Bunyan with Six-Sigma Tools

Powerful Six-Sigma Tools for a Job Shop

I’m not a big fan of force-fitting lean and six-sigma tools into applications that just...

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7 Awesome Things About Being a Manufacturing Leader

What makes manufacturing leadership such a fun and dynamic career?

  1. Developing Employees: When a leader provides an environment that is...
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Novocaine or Jet Fuel?

The Numbing Effect this has on Performance is like Novocaine in your Organization...

I’ve seen a numbing amount of neutral...

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Shareholder Value: The Long Way is the Short Cut

Every for-profit business exists for the sole purpose of providing shareholder value.

If a shareholder or owner is also responsible for...

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Rolling-5 Action Plan Methodology

When you are working on lean, six-sigma and a variety of continuous improvement activities, the quantity of action items can get...

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How to Manage Your Red Tag Hold Area

It’s important that a 5S kaizen team is efficient at what they do. Let’s face it, when you pull a team of 10-15 employees...

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LEAN 5S: A Lean Leaderā€™s Strategy for Sustaining

The lean 5S system contains 5-steps to achieving a more organized, controlled and efficient manufacturing plant. These steps...

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