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Leader Standard Waste Part Two (Did you miss Part One? Read it here.) Many years ago, TSSC introduced to my factory a visual measurement device..
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May 17 , 2018.
Always Made in America
[Blogger’s Note: A couple of important events coming up in the next couple weeks give me an opportunity to showcase a great American manufacturer in..
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April 23 , 2014.
Lines
As any conference-goer can attest, the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line when that line is the lunch line. At Lean..
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March 17 , 2014.
Stagnation Nation
Twenty years ago, I was introduced to a graphical method for, as it was put to me, “sharing what you see” with others. It was referred to as a..
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January 07 , 2014.
Rowing II
Many managers ask me “How can I accelerate my company’s Lean transformation?” My answer is two fold: First get the direction right, and then get..
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September 16 , 2013.
Too Happy Too Soon Part 1
Our machine shop was assisted by Toyota Supplier Support Center in 1996 to reduce set-ups on our CNC lathes. TSSC had already helped us in a..
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December 20 , 2012.
Value Stream Wrapping
Gazing into a microscope as a college sophomore, I sketched the innards of a single-celled critter as part of biology exam. I knew what I was looking..
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January 05 , 2012.