Velocity

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...

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...

Complacency after commissioning shut this production unit down.

I have not been writing for about two weeks. What has been a mission over the last year to create a personal therapeutic habit has...

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...

One lonely cinnamon roll doesn't mean it is old

When conducting investigations, we often allow our assumptions to get in the way of our investigation. We see something that we perceive...

Valuation of improving the non-bottleneck.

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

Increasing speed starts with understanding your losses.

Imagine watching an 800-meter race. The athletes start at the sound of the gun. They ramp up in speed hitting their targetted speed on...

Did we get a good deal trading production time for scheduled maintenance?

Regardless of whether you have production units that are reliable or unreliable, I would like to propose a different type of performance...

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...

Utilize Metaphors When Training OEE One Snatch at a Time.

I have measured and trained Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) for decades, routinely using different concepts to construct its...

Streamline Your Decision Making for Business Management

How I Streamlined My Decision-Making for Business Management My wife agonizes over decisions big or small. Once she decides, she’s full...