Category Archives: Business-Processes

Follow This Process for Successful Integration of Manufacturing Operations

Sep 27, 2017

Why do so many Mergers and Acquisitions fail to find promised success? These next several podcast expand on an earlier series in which I addressed …

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Layout of a Greenfield Operation

Nov 2, 2014

A manufacturer has a rare opportunity to reduce costs significantly when it moves operations to a new building.   Determining the optimal layout that minimizes …

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Get Out Of Your Office

Aug 22, 2014

In today’s podcast Rebecca shares five key questions to ask while you walk operations, and explains why it is so important to take that walk.

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Do Your Metrics Drive Behavior?

Aug 11, 2014

We’ve all heard the phrase “tell me how you will measure me and I will tell you how I will behave.” That’s partially true, but …

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Making Your Commodity Stand Out

May 11, 2014

A commodity offering, by definition, means undifferentiated. A consumer has no reason to choose other than the cheapest. But by small changes to materials, processing, …

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Grow and Deliver

Sep 2, 2013

Seems almost like a movie title, doesn’t it? But really the phrase “grow and deliver” is a statement of what most companies want to do, …

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Haleiwa HI medical center: Lean Manufacturing and The 200 Days

Feb 27, 2011

Last week I fell on a lava coral rock while enjoying the beauty of Haleiwa HI; my right shin was shredded so off to the …

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What Is Operational Excellence?

Feb 4, 2010

Quality on-time delivery indicates something working well in operations, but does it mean an organization can accurately claim operational excellence?  What characteristics would you expect …

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Economies of Flow

Oct 14, 2009

  Anyone with more than 6 months in manufacturing has heard of “economies of scale.” That concept is the basis of large lot sizes, as …

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