Colin D. Baird, Vice President, Sullivan Curtis Monroe Executives I speak with are interested in learning more about how Dr. W. Edwards Deming from M.I.T., and Dr. Taichi Ohno transformed Toyota Motor Corp (TMC) from a small fledgling automatic loom company in 1924, into one of the world’s most efficient, and profitable automotive companies in 2013. Toyota also […]
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Colin D. Baird, Vice President, Sullivan Curtis Monroe Gemba is a Japanese term used in the lean world to define “the place where things are happening”, and genchi genbutsu means “go and see for yourself”. In American terms we might refer to it as Management By Walking, or Get Your Boots On. CBS television has a hit
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Dr. Victor Allis, CEO, Quintiq In the modern workplace, creating a corporate culture that helps engage employees is a hot topic, and has become a key factor in improving workforce retention and productivity. Yet as companies develop strategies to better engage their workforce, they often miss the opportunity to reevaluate company values and reflect on
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Tru Pettigrew Who are The Veterans, The Boomers, Gen X and The Millennials? They could easily be the names of different music groups. But these are the names of four distinctly different generations in America. These four generations make up the newest quartet sensation known as “Today’s Workforce”. Now that we’ve formed this quartet, the
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Greg Glebe How can you tie Sports and Manufacturing together? Both worlds are extremely competitive and though it may not be as exciting, the manufacturing and business world has some new tips and tricks that are definitely worth looking into. One such trick is called Lean manufacturing. Lean manufacturing has taken the business world by
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