A Quality Management System (QMS) is very complex. Every procedure needs to be a perfect reflection of a plant’s actual methods, and they ar...

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 ...

Logging and fishing are still solid industries in the Seattle area. For example the fishing industry still holds a presence with fishing ves...

I was touring an artisan manufacturing plant a few weeks ago and I noticed something that was initially very alarming. Rampant inefficiency....

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...