Category Archives: value stream mapping (6)

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..

Back in December, I wrote a seasonal blog post entitled Epiphany to describe the exciting “aha moments” that sometimes accompany adult learning...

Twice a week for the last several months I’ve been sending out my messages in a bottle to whoever will reel them in. Last week I asked my brother,..

Sometimes things that seem factual are not exactly true. Here are a few examples relating to inventory: When I was a materials manager the auditors..

There is a sign along a roadway I travel that puts a wonderfully positive spin on the purchase of a used car. A 2006 Rav4 with 59,000 miles may..

Twenty-two years ago, a symbol of huge ideological differences was demolished. Ronald Regan’s now famous speech at the Berlin Wall, given two years..

I was joining a manager on a walk through his plant some time back when we came upon an automatic cut-off saw that was cutting twelve foot brass bars..