Lean Thoughts

China, named by the report as the world leader in robot adoption, saw year-on-year robot installations grow by 20%, for a total of 354,000 robots installed.

Product configuration makes it possible to customize products without designing each order from scratch

“Richard you are going to have to learn in life to sit on your hands”

We're already LEAN !! After twenty years, 221 clients, and more than $100 million in documented savings, I've heard that phrase more times than I can count.

Which approach is best? It depends on what the specific problem is. In fact, both lean and six sigma are needed because they do different things.

Remember that questioning the status quo can lead to new discoveries and a more fulfilling life.

If implemented carefully, digital solutions can certainly help increase the effectiveness of long-standing Lean Methodologies. But the key word is “carefully.”

The technological singularity did not arrive as a fact. It arrived as a story, one we have been telling ourselves about machines, progress, and what it means to be human.

I have something that you don't have, but would definitely appreciate and even perhaps enjoy. I have an almost unrestricted access to Nikola Danaylov my go to Subject Matter Expert (SME) regarding anything AI.

Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.

Bad planning is a major cause of ERP implementation failure, and it’s important to establish specific goals and objectives, assess current processes, and create a comprehensive workflow outline..

When something related to Product Integrity and Compliance happens, the first reaction is often ... “Call Quality.”

The most successful form of managing material conveyance seems to be the "HEY" system ... "hey, I need a forklift to move this pallet".

Chasing Numbers not Widgets

It takes an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to fully refocus on a task after a typical interruption,

Luck IS a Strategy? Of course it can be. Most likely not the best decision. Unfortunately a strategy more companies are taking than considering other options.

You know the "D" word I am talking about. The aspirational word uttered by about every leader I work with. That super-attractive, theoretical, ever-elusive, I-know-I-need-to-do-it-but-can-never-figure-out-how word. That word that will unlock the key to success or, at a minimum, sanity:

Looking at you, and your productivity style will be able to slot you into a specific Productivity category. None are either good or bad it just is you.

Disruptive Technology had to be distinctively different to make an impact.

The sterile and clinical approach to classifying and categorizing your inventory is to sector it with an A, B, C, designation. Personally, I find this extremely boring and find that replacing the ABC classes with "Runners, Repeaters and Strangers"