Category Archives: lean manufacturing (16)

Back in the late ‘80’s I had a friendly relationship with some folks at the “JIT Office” at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). These were early..

A few years back I was working on the shop floor at an aerospace plant with a group of engineers who were determined to “do a Kaizen” to correct..

Gary was a talented, creative welder with an idea that made perfect sense to him but was not supported by conventional measures. Gary was determined..

Samuel Beckett’s modern drama about two hobos, Vladimir and Estragon, monotonously passing time while waiting for their friend Godot (who never shows..

Before there were real robots, there was Gort, star of the greatest sci-fi movie ever. Gort wasn’t just a robot; it was an autonomous robot, or..

About five years ago, I had the opportunity to participate on an improvement project in a radiation oncology department. The goal was to reduce the..

I was asked about 15 years ago to give a short presentation about Poka-yoke to an association of engineering professors from different US..

This cliché is often associated with physical or mental fitness. Jack LaLanne, who died recently at the age of 96, said once “It’s better to use..

One of my associates at GBMP sent me this cell phone picture recently to suggest that it was time for me to upgrade my phone service. So on..

When UE, my former company, revised it’s idea system to recognize “small” ideas, there were many entries from production employees suggesting part..