The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland Texas showcases the deep heritage of our petroleum industry. From fossil formation to end cons...

Our Trip to Texas

What do you think of when you think of Texas? Livestock? Cowboys? Oil rigs? Desert towns? Big cities? Armadillos?

My w...

Every for-profit business exists for the sole purpose of providing shareholder value.

If a shareholder or owner is also responsible for bus...

In a manufacturing plant, it’s important that your product moves through the factory at a high velocity.

What is factory velocity? Velocity...

We would be happy and successful employees if our managers just did three simple things for us. If we had these three things, we would other...

It’s important that a 5S kaizen team is efficient at what they do. Let’s face it, when you pull a team of 10-15 employees together for a few...

The lean 5S system contains 5-steps to achieving a more organized, controlled and efficient manufacturing plant. These steps are Sort, Set-i...