by Alton Hill | Nov 4, 2025 | Administrative, Analysis & Design, Automotive, Chemical, Consulting, Consumer Goods, Engineering & Manufacturing, Financial, Healthcare, Industry, Information Technology, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Sustainability, Transformation, Uncategorized, White Papers
Unlock Your Business Potential The Power of DMAIC and SBTI's Training Programs Our training programs ensure that Lean Sigma Belts are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience to lead high-impact projects. The DMAIC Roadmap: A Structured Approach...
by Bob Jeske | Mar 26, 2021 | Administrative, Analysis & Design, Automotive, Chemical, Consulting, Consumer Goods, Engineering & Manufacturing, Industry, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Transformation
High Volume Discreet Part Manufacturer Over the previous years there were several attempts to deal with the situation. Ultimately none proved to be successful as the client was busy dealing with increased sales, new products, customers and suppliers and trying to...
by Bob Jeske | Sep 1, 2020 | Analysis & Design, Consulting, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Supply Chain, Sustainability
The bullwhip effect has long been known and repeated over and over again irrespective of the latest software and tenure in supply chain management. It may be a generational learning thing. As demand picks up, even not by a lot, customer satisfaction as measured by...
by Jim Longshore | Aug 4, 2020 | Administrative, Analysis & Design, Consulting, Industry, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Sustainability
Jim Longshore and Dick Scott collaborated on this blog to provide a sample of techniques taught during the MBB curriculum. Additional information on our upcoming Master Black Belt wave can be found here. Scenario: You just finished your Design of Experiments and...
by Bob Jeske | May 18, 2020 | Administrative, Consulting, Industry, Leadership, Manufacturing, Operations, Performance Improvement, Strategy Development, Supply Chain, Sustainability
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...
by SBTI | Nov 9, 2016 | Operations, Performance Improvement, Sustainability, Transformation
The term, “economic moat” was coined by Warren Buffett. Morningstar have taken this term and developed an economic moat assessment to help it rate companies. Their definition is: In a free-market economy, capital seeks the areas of highest return. Whenever a company...