by Tim Floyd | Jun 3, 2024 | Lean Manufacturing
Most companies try to be everything to everyone— claiming to provide better quality, service, and prices than their competitors. However, after decades in lean manufacturing consulting services, the Geolean team understands the importance of focusing on specific...
by Tim Floyd | Nov 15, 2019 | Lean Manufacturing
So, you’re interested in pursuing lean manufacturing. Maybe some of your competitors have implemented lean strategies with success, or maybe you know it’s your only option to efficiently integrate that new product line into your facility. It’s clear...
by Tim Floyd | Sep 24, 2018 | Lean Manufacturing
As lean integrators, we’ve seen all types of manufacturing and production operations and all sorts of issues that prevent those operations from achieving their next level of success. Here are a few common issues we see and insights into how lean can be applied to...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 11, 2018 | Lean Manufacturing
Mark Twain said, “Humor is the good-natured side of a truth”. One of Geolean’s principles is to have fun at work, to the extent that we don’t call our customer visits meetings, we call them field trips. These field trips allow us to experience truth and humor from our...
by Tim Floyd | May 3, 2018 | Lean Manufacturing
The idea of “lean” appears all over the business press – lean healthcare, lean management, lean startup, lean manufacturing – name a context and industry and you’ve seen lean applied to it. Everyone is trying to get lean, hold kaizen events, do 5S,...