The Model-T & Industry 4.0 (Part I)

A few months ago, I slept in a Ford Model-T plant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OKC). You may be asking...

The Model-T & Industry 4.0 (Part II)

As a career manufacturing leader, I love the integrated systems approach that Industry 4.0 provides, b...

Tools for the Trenches is setting out on a journey to explore our industrial heritage. Manufacturing has been my career home for over 40 yea...

Your objective when you meet with your boss is to provide them information about your team, your results and your projects. Additionally, yo...

Workplace competition occurs an employee's primary objective is self-promotion with their ultimate goal being career advancement. For exampl...

I think it often get overlooked that manufacturing supervisors are on the frontlines when it comes to leading change. Change by itself can b...

I recently interviewed two extremely successful, multimillion dollar business owners. One sells industrial goods and the other sells marketi...