Reflections on Transforming Organizations With Incremental Changes

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...

Don't Get an Immediate Consensus on Where OEE Delays Get Bucketed. Save That For Later.

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

Rethink our view towards single-points-of-failure.

The new James Webb Space Telescope claims to have 344 single-points-of-failure (SPOF) or single components that could disrupt the...

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...

TIMWOODS doesn't like Munchkins. But everyone else does.

TIMWOODS was recently seen at a Dunkin’Ⓡ , ordering the option of 10 MunchkinsⓇ. Like previous times, TIMWOODS did not get ten when 10...

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...

You know Murphy? So do I.

In manufacturing, we reference things like “Murphy will get you” or “Murphy’s Law” when describing unpredictable results and scenarios...

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...

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...

Using algorithms for spares management. Easy, right?

Academic references exist for inventory optimization to reflect current reliability and current market conditions. Within manufacturing,...

Quality Initiatives in Manufacturing: How Do We Handle Incoming Quality Losses Impacting OEE

Quality Initiatives in Manufacturing: How Do We Handle Incoming Quality Losses Impacting OEE As organizations embark on Overall Equipment...

Fostering Collaboration by Condensing Presented Data? Yep.

I've been reflecting on a project I'd previously worked on which included presenting the objectives and strategies of an organization for...

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...

Standing Out by Embracing Your Business Failings? Absolutely.

It is always something to admire when people own their mistakes or missed attempts or utter flops. In the manufacturing industry, I find...

Reflections on the Use of the Word "Failure": I blame Manufacturing.

Maybe I’ve spent too much time in manufacturing because “failure” is one of my default words. I have tried to incorporate fiasco,...

How I figured out that reflecting on failures made for good business.

Seth Godin calls it “shipping.” Having the courage to reflect, write, and ship. It is taking time to build the habit to do good things...