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Meeting Timeliness
Have you ever thought about the amount of time you have spent waiting for someone to come to a meeting? Why is it that we cannot seem to get to meetings on time? Everybody has access to clocks and watches, and some even have computers and electronic devices that can send reminders of upcoming events, yet the problem of meeting timeliness persists. So, what can be done about this chronic “late for meetings” problem? The noted behavior researcher, B.
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Using A Pareto Analysis To Tackle The Right Problems
Have you ever found yourself spending a lot of time working on a problem that turned out not to be such a problem after all? If your answer is “yes,” then you have missed “the law of the vital few and the trivial many” known more commonly as the “80/20 rule. ” In each organization, where there is much to do with limited resources, we must learn to effectively prioritize effort.
Read MoreHave A Problem To Solve? Try A Team Approach
Each day, companies are faced with all types of problems. Some need immediate attention and can be solved with the efforts of just one person.
Read MoreCompany Uses SMED Techniques To Cut Change-Over Time
Rath Gibson is a manufacturer of precision engineered tubing made from stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium. Its products range in diameter from 0.
Read MoreHow Good Is Your Information?
Many companies have very sophisticated, state-of-the-art data collection systems that are supposed to provide all the information they need. Unfortunately, too often this information is inaccurate, fragmented, outdated or just too cumbersome to retrieve.
Read MoreDo Something Somewhere
Those of us advocating the need for continually improving operations believe it is better to do something “pretty well” than to do nothing “perfectly. ” What I mean by this is that we often struggle trying to find the best place to begin an improvement effort, yet if we would just start somewhere, we could see results sooner.
Read MoreSome Useful Measures Of Your Productivity
I am frequently asked for suggestions about how to measure a company’s productivity. In simple terms, productivity can be defined as the amount of output that is achieved when a specific amount of input is expended.
Read MoreDifferent Approach, Different Result
In this month’s column I compare the results of two companies that set out to improve workplace organization. Although the two companies began in a similar manner, their efforts followed distinctly different paths and yielded very different results.
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A Tool For Getting To The Root Of A Problem
We often focus on the symptoms of a problem without ever delving deep enough to find its true cause. Yet if we do not find and eliminate the cause then we are doomed to face the same problem again and again.
Read MoreFurther Thoughts On Improving Machine Setup Times
Over the years, I have worked with many companies trying to find ways to reduce the time their machines sit idle while changing over from one job to another. When a machine is being set up, it is not making parts.
Read MoreThe “Today Only” Meeting—The Tool to Getting Things Done
Manufacturing is a complicated and sometimes frustrating business with many things to do and little time to do them. For the most part, manufacturers find ways to competitively produce good quality products and ship them to their customers on time.
Read MoreIt’s Not My Egg Roll!
I have seen a lot of things during my years in manufacturing, but every once in a while I am amazed by something I see or hear in an organization. The following story is true and illustrates a common problem known as “It’s not my fault.
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