Within an hour, you can assess the success level of a factory. If you are invited to a manufacturing plant for any reason, for example as a ...
Situated on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of theĀ Great Lakes, Duluth MN is the largest U.S. city on the lake. Th...
Unless you are from the Great Lakes region, you may not be aware of how lake freighter shipments across the Great Lakes support manufacturin...
Lean Manufacturing identifies 8-types of waste. These wastes in lean terms areĀ called MUDA, a Japanese word meaning "wasteful". A MUDA walk ...
The Model-T & Industry 4.0 (Part III)
Industry 4.0 sounds amazing ā€“ right? So, what are my concerns with it? Well looking back at the drama...
The Model-T & Industry 4.0 (Part I)
A few months ago, I slept in a Ford Model-T plant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OKC). You may be asking...
The Model-T & Industry 4.0 (Part II)
As a career manufacturing leader, I love the integrated systems approach that Industry 4.0 provides, b...
