A Brief Look at FLPS
"Front Line Problem-solving” (FLPS) is at the top of our "favorite tool list" for a reason. We explain why.
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What’s up
News, information, and what’s happening at Productivity Inc.
A Day at Engineered Profiles
In this What's Up post, we look in on the host plant for a recent Lean Manager Certification Program (LMAC) application day and review a snapshot of 2 projects.
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Skills Development for Fast Learning and Rapid Results
The more things change, the more they stay the same. True, or just hyperbole? We suggest that when it comes to leadership and business objectives the recent disruptions have served as a reinforcement of already established business priorities: employee safety, customer delight, business continuity and growth, and quick ROI.
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Rapidly Reshaping Operations
In the midst of disruption, businesses still need to operate by optimizing systems to drive out waste and improve flow. What’s changed is the need to do so smarter and faster. In this month’s What’s Up, we look at the importance of building capabilities through up-skilling and multi-skilling, and doing so rapidly…as well as highlight opportunities for educating employees.
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Use Lean Tools to Support New Safety Protocols
Safety, already a top priority for every organization, has become even more critical with the onslaught of the Coronavirus.
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Using 3P to Facilitate Post-COVID19 Planning
As you work through your recovery plan, traditional kaizen may not be the right tool to get you the improvements you need. We suggest taking a look at 3P...
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Where Does Improvement Begin and How do you Sustain it?
Standards. We’re all familiar with the fact that adherence to standards is critical to achieving operational excellence, but have we ever really looked at the connection between adherence to standards, deviation from standards, data collection, and sustainment?...
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Lean in Administrative and Service Processes
With initial focus on applying Lean principles to manufacturing production, many tend to overlook the fact that Operational Excellence is an enterprise wide application…
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Cultural and Tactical Perspectives on Problem Solving
We often hear from clients that one of the challenges they run into in applying Lean methodologies to daily work isn’t necessarily applying various tools and techniques, it’s how to address the inevitable problems that arise along the way.
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An AM Week at Komatsu Mining Equipment
We recently wrapped up another Maintenance Miracle Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen Event, this one hosted by Komatsu Mining Corporation Afterwards, we chatted with Ellis New, the event instructor, about OEE and the AM session’s impact on the participants.
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