How to Practice Personal Accountability

The Answer to the Question is: "Me!"Ā 

The answer to the question should always be: ā€œME, I’ll do itā€!Ā  And to explain exactly what I mean, l...

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How to Recruit and Screen Resumes

Recruiting is a Team Effort!

Human Resource Departments typically use multiple approaches to attract applicants. The most common approaches...

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Lean Tool: How to Implement the 5S System

5S stands for Sort, Set-in order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. These are the steps we use to clean up and organize an area in the factory...

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Profit by Controlling COGS

Cost of Goods Sold is often referred to simple as COGS and it is what every factory is most concerned with financially.Ā 

COGS has two compo...

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Capability Studies and Cpk Improvements are a Game Changer!

Understanding six-sigma and process capability is essential for factory leaders at all levels. Processes variation is a fact of life in a pl...

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Exploring Our Industrial Heritage: Whiskey Country!

As I continued on my journey exploring our industrial heritage, I found myself in a place rich in the art and science of production:Ā whiskey...

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How to Use Team-Based Recruiting!

Team-Based Recruiting

Recruiting efforts should be team-based. While your Human Resource Ā Department posts open positions on multiple platf...

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