It was not that long ago that most manufacturers and distributors carried entirely too much inventory. The drag on cash flow was never offset by …
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Please Stop Building Inventory!
Category Archives: Lean-Manufacturing
Does Your Excellence Matter?
In manufacturing we constantly talk about continuous improvement to move ever closer to excellence. But if we increase productivity by 5% per year, are we …
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How to Deploy Your Strategy Effectively
Every one of your employees must clearly see how his actions and decisions impact execution of the business strategy. This is accomplished through a line-of-sight …
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Should Your Products Be Smart?
Prior podcasts have introduced the digital transformation business categories of “machine health” and “connected employees.” In this episode we discuss “smart products.” Some manufacturing products …
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Digital Transformation – Connected Employees
Connected employees is a phrase that can intimate workers and confuse leadership. When clarified, it becomes an integral part of your digital transformation. Connected employees …
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Machine Health and Digital Transformation
In manufacturing, reliable healthy equipment is a fundamental requirement. Yet so many of us struggle with unplanned downtime due to equipment failures. Digital transformation often …
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Not Safe Enough
My grandfather was involved in two very serious accidents as a farmer. In the first, his little brother was killed as the two of them …
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“Reducing Lead Time” is Ambiguous
In last week’s podcast I suggested any effort to reduce lead time start with the obvious (not to all, sadly). Define it. And I encourage …
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To Reduce Lead-Time, First Define It
Leadtime is either a competitive advantage, or a competitive disadvantage to your manufacturing business. Most of you want to improve it, i.e., reduce it. That …
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To Automate, Or Not To Automate
Industry 4.0 is the topic of conversation in manufacturing today. But most of us have not yet figured out all we can and should do …
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