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An escalation policy through the lens of an investment

I remember my first breakdown like it was yesterday. It was a Sunday when I responded to a breakdown of the cold mill's left-tilt...

Building an escalation policy - A guide for a first time manager in manufacturing

Need an escalation policy being a first time manager? Try this list that includes some of the basics for someone in manufacturing.

For education sake. Find a mentor.

Learning through experience is exponentially more valuable with a mentor, as long as you want to be the mentee.

Leveraging a new hirer's superpower.

During onboarding activities of new employees, I remind each new hirer that they have a superpower. It is a superpower that the current...

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...

This training is boring, so let's rip it up.

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...

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...