My wife Kelly, my dog Nala and I set out to explore our industrial heritage in Deadwood, South Dakota. There we found a rich deep history of...

When you are working on lean, six-sigma and a variety of continuous improvement activities, the quantity of action items can get overwhelmin...

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a holistic approach to equipment maintenance that aims to achieve perfect production—no breakdowns, no...

Measuring What Matters Most

Running an efficient and profitable manufacturing plant relies heavily on the ability to measure performance ac...

Lean, from a worker’s perspective, is all about working smarter, not harder, with a focus on eliminating waste and improving efficiency. At ...

The 5 Whys technique involves asking "Why?" repeatedly—typically five times—to identify the root cause of a problem. The number five isn’t r...

Powerful Six-Sigma Tools for a Job Shop

I’m not a big fan of force-fitting lean and six-sigma tools into applications that just don’t make ...