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...

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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...

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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...

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Capital Justification

I’ve worked in manufacturing plants for over 35 years and over my career, I’ve been involved with  100+ capital projects...

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Top 5 Challenges For Manufacturing Supervisors: #5 Proposals

The effectiveness of a Manufacturing supervisor has a major impact on the success of a business. At a shift-level,...

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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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The T-test & Tennis Balls

How to Use the Two Sample T-Test

Product manufacturing provides endless improvement opportunities. I thrived in my manufacturing career...

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