History sometimes changes the chart.
Let's take a moment to interrogate a time-series plot in your next monthly review, shared PowerPoint slide deck, or performance boards...
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- Feb 26
- 5 min
A problem brought to you may not need your help to solve.
My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...
- Feb 19
- 4 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...
- Jan 22
- 6 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 8
- 5 min
Avoid making your spares a gift card
I want you to imagine a collection of spare parts for a manufacturing facility. In this facility, spare parts have been traditionally...
- Dec 26, 2022
- 5 min
Where is it? I don't see it.
I have been rethinking what an asset is in a variety of contexts. Historically, I have rigidly treated the definition of an asset as...
- Dec 4, 2022
- 6 min
I had missed why I need to vacation
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...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 5 min
Understanding the prerequisite to a failure
A quote I remember a mentor of mine said years ago was, if you find yourself bored, just wait 5 more minutes, something will blow up. Of...
- Nov 6, 2022
- 4 min
One lock, one key. Always.
You may have interpreted through organization surveys or transformational change exercises on the subject of safety, that the...
- Oct 16, 2022
- 4 min
We are problem solvers during investigations, not storytellers
Recently I have been researching for examples of problem-solving that have gone wrong. I wanted to understand specific examples, some of...
- Oct 9, 2022
- 7 min
Is your bottleneck morphing?
Many simulation tools and references exist to find the bottleneck within the production process to find ways to increase capacity and...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
Stop gerrymandering the asset hierarchy
Malcolm Gladwell in Season 3, Episode 7 of Revisionist History, talked about his 12 Rules For Life. I was so moved by this podcast, that...
- Sep 25, 2022
- 5 min
The math is emotionally correct
Years ago, I got into a spirited discussion with a colleague about a quality measurement he wanted each production unit to use within all...
- Sep 4, 2022
- 4 min
Layers of protection, and still mismatch errors.
A statistic I came across the other day indicates that 6.3 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States in 2020. Combine...
- Aug 28, 2022
- 5 min
Yup, I did my first TikTok to explore the effectiveness of training videos.
Regardless of the type of manufacturing that we are in, it is safe to assume that we have plenty of standard operating procedures (SOPs)....
- Aug 21, 2022
- 6 min
The hidden cost of Preventive Maintenance mismatches
In a perfect world, the cradle that starts the existence of preventive maintenance (PM) starts from a Failure Mode Effects Analysis...
- Aug 14, 2022
- 4 min
A crispy approach to dehydration
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...
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
The impact of "when" recognition is given on retention
There are various data points and case studies on the benefits of recognition. Whether it is a form of financial recognition to an entire...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 6 min
Let's stop people from dying immediately after retirement.
The heavy manufacturing industry is tough and is not a career that many would embrace. Too often the career is compounded with long...
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
You just drifted. Stay focused.
Organizations are becoming more connected than ever before with the complete office packages of Microsoft or Google. We can work on...
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