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Last month, we completed our 19th Annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference. The keynote speakers were inspiring and informative, as were the many..
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November 13 , 2023.
What Does L.E.A.N. Mean?
As we approach the 19th year of our annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference (less than a month away!), I’d like to emphasize the acronym L.E.A.N...
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September 11 , 2023.
Labor Wastage Day
I’ll admit it. After five decades watching U.S. companies turning to simplistic accounting tricks to remain profitable, I’m discouraged. I was a kid..
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September 01 , 2023.
It's About Time
Our 19th annual Northeast L.E.A.N. Conference (L.E.A.N. = Lean Enable and Nurture) is now just weeks away. This year’s theme, IT’S ABOUT TIME,..
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August 24 , 2023.
The First Shingo Prize – Behind the Scenes
This post is a prequel to another from June 2023, which recounted the very first Shingo Prize award ceremony – 35 years ago. Attending this year’s..
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August 14 , 2023.
Knowledge Workers
Peter Drucker, celebrated by BusinessWeek magazine in 2005 as “the man who invented management,” is credited with a concept that has created..
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August 04 , 2023.
The First Shingo Prize
Last month marked the 35th anniversary of the Shingo Prize, an award bestowed each year to recognize organizations that demonstrate the principles..
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June 15 , 2023.
Push The Cart
There’s a certain irony for me in the attention given recently to the application of robots on the shop floor. On a couple occasions in the past..
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February 28 , 2023.
Year End Muda
So much of the technical aspect of Lean relates to time: cycle time, lead-time, takt time, set-up time, and, of course, time associated with waste...
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December 30 , 2022.
Robot Day
I responded recently to a LinkedIn post regarding AI-assisted robotic recycling. The sorting speed is so fast, we almost miss each sort in the..
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September 06 , 2022.