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Indirect Distortion

When Stan Davis wrote Future Perfect in 1987 (then called the “book of the decade,” and still a good read), he foresaw a reversal in thinking that..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 24 , 2020.

Local Efficiency

“What do you do for a living,” a neighbor asks. As I try to explain about GBMP’s attempts to help customers improve productivity and quality, my..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 23 , 2020.

Student Body Right

Football season is back in a 2020 sort of way with real players and crowd sound effects, so here is Lean Peeve #2, a post to celebrate. Student Body..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 22 , 2020.

Lean Peeves

With just 16 days before our 16th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N Conference (by the way the acronym stands for Lead, Enable And Nurture), I’ve decided to..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 21 , 2020.

Pole Vaulting 4.0

One summer when I was a kid, my friend Rick and I built a pole vault set-up in my postage- stamp- sized backyard with a plant box (the place where..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 11 , 2020.

Single Minute Exchange of Bar

With all the gloom and doom of the Coronavirus, the divisive political climate and the Zoom fatigue, this has been a tough summer. Here is a..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, kaizen on September 08 , 2020.

An Ode to a Frontline Supervisor

Wedged between distant decision-makers and the people who do the work.She is the go-to person for everything: safety, morale, productivity,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, kaizen on July 31 , 2020.

Culture Change

Shortly after my last post, in which I referred to sowing the “seeds of change,” I enlisted the help of my son, Ben, to reseed a particularly..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on June 29 , 2020.

Now, as the economy begins to reopen, two lessons learned 2020. Old lean dude

To our customers, suppliers, partners and friends, For the last four months, GBMP, has of necessity, pivoted to predominantly virtual consulting,..
This entry was posted in old lean dude, lean manufacturing, kanban, continuous improvement, kaizen on June 25 , 2020.

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