Cascading Objectives

What is at the Root of Conflicting Objectives?

Over the course of my career, Iā€™ve been involved with the Annual Objective Process for decad...

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From Horror to Heaven: A Safety Story

I was working as Purchasing, Planning and Inventory Control (PPIC) Manager for the Anchor-Hocking Packaging Company when the company decided...

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Design Reviews and You!

An important part of design reviews is understanding their long-term implications. Often, time pressures and egos prevent engineers and R&D ...

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Oh the Rewards of a Darn Good Project!

Because of the exceptional business growth of my employers, my manufacturing career was blessed by opportunity. Although dotted with deadlin...

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Capital Justification

Iā€™ve worked in manufacturing plants for over 35 years and over my career, Iā€™ve been involved withĀ  100+ capital projects that averaged over ...

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Top 5 Challenges For Manufacturing Supervisors: #5 Proposals

The effectiveness of aĀ Manufacturing supervisorĀ has a major impact on the success of a business. At a shift-level, department-level, plant-l...

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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 overwhelmin...

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