by Tim Floyd | Aug 7, 2017 | Website Blog
You’ve made the decision to go lean. One of your initiatives for this year is to go forklift free and you have a plan for how to make it happen. There is a solid plan for where parts will be stored, where they will be used, the packaging they’ll be in, and how to...
by Tim Floyd | Aug 2, 2017 | Website Blog
We hear this question all the time – “What will my payback from lean be?” The payback will be tremendous, the increase in capability will be tremendous, the impact on your environment will be tremendous, the impact on your people will be tremendous. It can start as an...
by Tim Floyd | Jul 21, 2017 | Website Blog
One piece flow everything, everywhere. There’s a lot of assumptions baked into that statement. An assumption that one piece is the right quantity, that flow is the most efficient condition, and that it has universal application. We shouldn’t take those assumptions...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 7, 2017 | Website Blog
The “fast casual” restaurant category may be the furthest thing from automotive production, but a recent article in the Wall Street Journal perfectly captures the application of Toyota Production System (TPS) principles to this industry. It’s a fun illustration of why...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 2, 2017 | Website Blog
Every warehouse, manufacturing plant, production facility, and logistics operation – no matter where they are or what they do – has to manage the same 5 kinds of material and information flow. Your success will be determined by how well you design and integrate these...
by Tim Floyd | Jun 1, 2017 | Website Blog
Click on the headings below for links to full news articles Tool and Die – Manufacturing canary in the coal mine? IndustryWeek recently posted an article on the tool and die industry that’s worth a read. The manufacturing ecosystem depends on healthy tool...
