Over 32 million adults are functionally illiterate, they’re in your workforce and more are coming. Can your processes and management systems deal with this? They can when you use the Lean Management System! Lean Learning Model Standard Work, especially...
This is a five-part mystery: The mystery The call The investigation The solution The Happy Ending Part 3 – The Investigation During the phone conversation, Si told Mr. Under that he would love to work with him. But Si had a few conditions that Mr. Under had to...
This is a five-part mystery: The mystery The call The investigation The solution The Happy Ending Part 2 – The Call The meeting began first thing Monday morning. All of the business presidents and the heads of the critical business functions were there. Each...
This is a five-part mystery: The mystery The call The investigation The solution The Happy Ending It happened again. Mr. F.O. Under, the CEO, was beside himself. Business results for the year had just come in. All of the forecasts from the leaders of his...
During these awful times, I’ve heard the word “innovation” used a lot. Our Covid-19 task force leader and others have been using it during their frequent briefings. Most recently, I heard an example of the word being used when the Inventor and CEO of MyPillow®...
When changing machines from one product to another, can efficiency gains occur? A major bottling manufacturer of carbonated beverages faced a constant challenge: an increasing need to changeover machines from one product flavor to another as a result of changing...
