In 2001, Jack Welch, on his retirement as CEO of General Electric, stated that his effectiveness as CEO for twenty years could be measured by the company’s performance over the next two decades. While this assessment was far from wrong, it appears to rate quite highly on…
“My Team hates Lean”. These were the first words on the topic I heard from my 2nd Shift Manager when I broached a process improvement strategy. I was working at one of the largest manufacturers in the world at the time, Titan of the Manufacturing industry, one…
“Young people don’t want to work”. It is a phrase I hear repeated often by factory owners and managers, as if by sheer repetition it will become truth. Young people do work, but they don’t work for you. The economic and social landscape have shifted, and despite…
What does a sewing machine mechanic do? They fix sewing machines, naturally. How important is that though? That is a question that isn’t typically considered by either consumers, or by manufacturers that do not have sewing machines. How does it impact your supply chain? What does can…