Among our plant supervisors, I see some consistent patterns that represent performance shortfalls. All manufacturing...

Manufacturing supervisor effectiveness has a major impact on the success of a business. At a shift-level, department-level,...

Sue has been with our company for many years. When she was a machine operator running machine line #25, she demonstrated daily excellence...

We see waste everyday and everywhere. We are so used to seeing it, that we don’t recognize it and it doesn’t even seem to...

The Lean ROI 

Lean plants are safer, produce higher quality products, ship product on-time and produce at lower costs than non-lean...

Leaders who have a Growth Mindset learn new skills by cycling through a learning process called the WELSE cycle of Leadership...

The Scope of Manufacturing: Manufacturing is all about using labor and equipment to convert raw materials into finished goods. Its...