Idioms for when both options are bad.
A decade ago, I vividly remember facing a dilemma where neither option was good. A department I was responsible for had a basement with...
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Aug 26, 20233 min
Fremdschämen
Two weeks into a new job a decade ago, I was given the results of a third-party audit. Handed to me by the lead auditor in a nicely...
Aug 13, 20233 min
When does improving OEE become a waste?
OEE, overall equipment effectiveness, remains one of my favorite key performance indicators and is commonly used throughout manufacturing...
Apr 30, 20234 min
Let's map the two lists of assets.
Have you stopped and read ISO 55000, particularly ISO 55002 7.5.3.g? Here is what it says: The alignment of information requirements for...
Feb 19, 20234 min
The PF Curve is limited due to the lack of a Y2 axis.
Take a moment and Google search PF Curves. You will find images of a positive Y-intercept curve with a negative slope that becomes more...
Feb 5, 20235 min
What the water does is what counts.
Read any report, and the collateral damage of COVID can be seen and felt everywhere. Read research on COVID’s impact on workplace morale,...
Jan 29, 20235 min
Consider rebranding your supply chain meeting.
Regardless of the business sector, meetings intended to review the supply chains have become just downright depressing. Sit down with any...
Jan 22, 20236 min
Yes. We can do more with less.
What does doing more with less mean to you? If measured with a rigid denominator within a rate, we simply would answer that we must...
Jan 15, 20238 min
What if the NFL submitted an OSHA 300 form?
Damar Hamlin's injury in week 17 of the 2022 NFL season was emotionally intense. I wasn’t watching it live, but when I saw it as a reply...
May 30, 20223 min
"Profit protection" has a good ring about it.
I have heard the argument for years, that connecting an EBIT improvement with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement is...
May 10, 20224 min
The most misused word in manufacturing
I’ve stopped saying a word. This word can either be used as a noun or a verb and its etymology dates to the 13th century. It is comprised...
Feb 15, 20225 min
The Burden of Weekend Work Doesn't Always Start with an Action on Friday.
I have been told multiple times over my career, “Don’t send me a notification to approve something on a weekend.” Or do not send an...
Feb 6, 20224 min
When Does Your Analysis Reach a Point of Diminishing Return?
We all fall on both sides of the fence when solving problems. We are either on the receiving end of problems to solve or we are the...
Jan 27, 20225 min
Improving the schedule compliance of your own meeting schedule.
In the COVID world that we live in, we have transitioned to a world that can have a Zoom or Teams meeting at any time. No more do we need...
Jan 10, 20223 min
No. We will not raise price.
Everyone is talking about inflation right now, yet they're all kinds of examples out there about organizations and companies choosing not...
Jan 5, 20222 min
Implementing COVID preparation into your outage planning. Alabama’s Coach Saban might have it right.
In a recent article on AL.com, The University of Alabama’s head football coach, Nick Saban, was interviewed talking about bowl...
Jan 3, 20222 min
Using algorithms for spares management. Easy, right?
Academic references exist for inventory optimization to reflect current reliability and current market conditions. Within manufacturing,...
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