With the end of the year coming, there are a variety of staples that seem to exist year after year in the manufacturing world. We...

Like many people, I would have to imagine that most of us get sick of the same stagnant training approach that has been in place for what...

Within organizations, we routinely hear the notion that we want our organization empowered to make decisions. This could be identified in...

In the 1950s Solomon Asch conducted a social experiment referred to as the Solomon Asch - Conformity Experiment. It was an experiment to...

Regardless of the type of manufacturing that we are in, it is safe to assume that we have plenty of standard operating procedures (SOPs)....

Manufacturing and summertime mean one thing, it’s hot. Most people might complain about how hot it is after mowing a quarter-acre yard in...

There are various data points and case studies on the benefits of recognition. Whether it is a form of financial recognition to an entire...

revision 1 - 9.24.2023 The heavy manufacturing industry is a challenging business to be in and may not be a popular career choice. A...

I assume most attendees of organizations are required to that write some form of “trip report” that reflects on the take-aways of a...

Organizations are becoming more connected than ever before with the complete office packages of Microsoft or Google. We can work on...

Finding things in everyday life that empower you to evaluate statistics or theorize estimates on a scenario has always been fun for my...

Summertime brings beaches, vacations, warm air, and outages. Outages, for some of us, are the time of year when we shut down assets and...

Saturdays and Sundays are my days to slow down and write. I dedicate roughly two hours to reading, writing, and reflecting on the...

In a process flow optimization or value stream mapping project, the organization is seeking the ideal process steps that will maximize...

Before getting into the definition of operational empathy as a continuation of Part 1, I want to describe a mindset that we realized we...

A decade ago, I was part of a team training Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to a group of middle and upper management. The audience...

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...

Are you interested in starting to measure effectiveness with Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) on a production unit? To start, I...

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...

In a recent article on AL.com, The University of Alabama’s head football coach, Nick Saban, was interviewed talking about bowl...