Some insist that “electronic Kanban,” an alleged “pull” system, and increased ERP responsiveness replace the pull of a visual gemba-based kanban. Not true. Whether push …
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Push or Pull, Revisited
Author Archives: Becky
Problem Solve, or Innovate?
There are those who say problem solving looks backwards and innovation looks forward. I would argue that sometimes effective problem solving requires innovation and sometimes …
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Trends You Cannot Ignore
When Sirius and XM satellite radio were first developed, the skeptics asked why anyone would ever pay for radio when they could already get it …
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Thank You
The words “thank you,” said with honest energy mean a lot to the person receiving them. This has been one heck of a year for …
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Secrets of Successful Leaders
Everyone believes “things will be different around here when I’m in charge!” But different isn’t necessarily better, now is it? Consider these characteristics of very …
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Digitization of Manufacturing
One of the many challenges of being a smaller manufacturer is that customers expect just as much value from you as from anyone else. No …
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Are Your Leading Indicators Leading You?
Your business has metrics that you invest in recording and considering. In normal times you know generally how to interpret them. You can quickly perceive …
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Earning Loyalty The Easy Way
Loyalty must be very important to companies today. Hotels, airlines, rental cars all offer loyalty programs. So to do clothing and grocery stores. Even my …
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Is Your Leadership Adequate?
For many years the phrase fit for purpose referred to whether or not a consumer product could adequately perform the function or functions for which …
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What the 3rd Wave Means for You
What a few months ago we called crisis and swirling ambiguity we now call life. Spreading equipment apart, requiring facemasks inside, sanitizing every surface that …
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