by Tim Floyd | Sep 13, 2024 | Lean Implementation, Lean Solutions
Improving your facility’s operational efficiency can have a significant impact on your bottom line. However, it can take a long time to see and feel real results. Why? Because many lean manufacturing providers spend too much time in the sales process. You may...
by Tim Floyd | Aug 11, 2019 | Lean Implementation
Hiring a lean manufacturing consultant isn’t an easy task. “Consultants” are often viewed as “armchair quarterbacks”; having strong opinions about every play made yet having little or no skin in the game to actually affect the outcome. But if you’re...
by Tim Floyd | Nov 6, 2018 | Lean Implementation
There is an enjoyable Netflix documentary called “Chef’s Table”, and I had a chance to catch a few episodes this weekend. The show provides great insight into the working patterns of amazing chefs along with the context of their pursuit of the profession. There’s not...
by Tim Floyd | Oct 22, 2018 | Lean Implementation
Almost all of our customers believe in lean and would say they have a fully integrated, operational lean system. At some point though, when they’re far enough on the lean journey, they start to ask themselves if there wasn’t something they missed somewhere along the...
by Tim Floyd | Sep 13, 2018 | Lean Implementation
It’s fun to go on benchmarking trips. It’s fun to go see Toyota or Toyota-inspired operations in Japan. Everyone comes back from those experiences with a head full of “what could be” and ideas on what to change, all at the same time. Then they get back to their plant,...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 20, 2018 | Lean Implementation
You know the importance and value of lean production, and you’ve seen the ways in which it can improve productivity and output, increase plant safety, and save money. But as is often the case for those in EHS and Continuous Improvement roles, you’re not the sole...
