Last week’s podcast exposed my frustration with executives and journalists who claim to understand lean but obviously, to me and my opinionated thinking, do not. Today …
Podcast: Download
Lean is NOT Toyota’s system
Yearly Archives: 2021
JIT is NOT the Problem!
The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times are fact-based high-quality newspapers. Each has acquired ‘political leanings’ in some of their writing, but for …
Podcast: Download
Don’t Accept False Choices
When I was growing up in manufacturing a primary point of friction between leadership and production workers was “quality or quantity.” Leaders did not understand …
Podcast: Download
Your Age of Discontinuity
I wish we would all quit acting like everything was “normal,” implying steady and predictable, before Covid. It’s like we’ve all decided to recall “the …
Podcast: Download
Attracting the Best Candidates
As manufacturers are searching high and low for employees, it is crucial that we not make bad hiring decisions out of a sense of desperation. …
Podcast: Download
Getting From Here to There
I hope you have a mission for why your manufacturing company exists, and that you have some kind of vision for what it should look …
Podcast: Download
How Fast Should You Improve?
Today’s topic is “how fast should your company improve?” While the bottom-line answer is the same for most all manufacturers, it is worth first looking …
Podcast: Download
How User Controlled Pull Impacts Manufacturing
People want what they want when they want it. That’s hardly a crazy concept; just one most manufacturers don’t believe applies to them. But it …
Podcast: Download
What is Strategic Inventory?
While the integral role of supply chain, which includes inventory decisions, has become more obvious to everyone, and college degrees in supply chain are increasing, …
Podcast: Download
How to Learn From Experience
Well, you’ve certainly had a chance to see just how strong your supply chain is, as well as how well your organization can plan and …
Podcast: Download