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Leadership Skills

How to lead from the factory floor

To drive continuous improvement: be visible, communicate your vision, and always keep listening.
Correct Workload Imbalances In Your Maintenance Program To Leverage Lean Principles
Correct Workload Imbalances In Your Maintenance Program To Leverage Lean Principles
Correct Workload Imbalances In Your Maintenance Program To Leverage Lean Principles
Correct Workload Imbalances In Your Maintenance Program To Leverage Lean Principles
Correct Workload Imbalances In Your Maintenance Program To Leverage Lean Principles
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Correct workload imbalances in your maintenance program to leverage Lean principles

To fully leverage Lean, traditional concepts like mura need to be interpreted to fit the maintenance context.
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The secret to Lean transformation success

In this episode of The Tool Belt, Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels discuss their journey as women leaders in manufacturing.
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Are reliability woes keeping you up at night?

In this episode of The Tool Belt, Peter Christian shares his thoughts on the many shades of maintenance in the post-COVID age.
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How kaizen can guide your post-COVID cleaning protocols

Optimize your cleaning efficiency to enhance preventive maintenance and keep employees engaged.
Inventory Management

Inventory solutions: A well-organized tools and parts area is key to a productive work environment

Organizing tools and parts via a Lean 6S system can help tidy your work space and add to the bottom line.
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What are the operational impacts of social distancing on the Lean shop floor?

Return to your Lean techniques to critically examine your processes for physical touchpoints.
Industrial Training

Training lessons learned from the United States Army

Take a precision-based, standards-focused approach to skills development.
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Industrial Training

How your plant can train like the military

Take a precision-based, standards-focused approach to skills development.
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Leadership Skills

How to diagnose your plant's organizational problems

Looking to identify your top opportunities for improvement? Tom Moriarty says take a strategic approach.
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Self-service continuous improvement

Tap into advanced analytics to fuel improvement efforts across the organization.
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IIoT

Lean for digital manufacturing: The human factors critical to IoT success

Lean principles can help your people deploy the right IoT technology at the right time.
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Changing Workforce

Expand your workforce for free!

Doc Palmer says you can finish 50% more work orders per month with your existing staff.
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Lean Six Sigma

4 building blocks for lean manufacturing

Give people the data they need to support them in making the changes you want.
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Lean Six Sigma

Don’t leave home without them: Why assessments are key to reliability success

If you want your continuous improvement journey to be a success, the best place to start is with assessing where you are right now.
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Fighting fakes: The scary truth about counterfeiting in manufacturing

The specter of counterfeiting’s safety and business threats is growing. Here’s how some companies are fighting back.
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Get your stuff together, Part 2: Achieve storeroom excellence

In the conclusion of this two-part series, master efficiency in your storeroom.