Don’t Panic Although the situation I am about to describe was successfully resolved, I felt compelled to share this event with you. Times like this expose our vulnerabilities and reinforce the adage to “expect the unexpected”. The Situation Imagine the shock and surprise followed by the deep, sinking feeling that set in when an unexpected notice suddenly appeared on my […]
Don’t Panic – When Bad Things Happen
A Paradigm Shift To Profitability
Is the “Automotive Industry On the Rebound” or just the companies that make them? Â Our local paper, The Toronto Star, reported some very encouraging news today regarding the state of General Motors. Â The headline that caught my eye was “A slimmer GM prospers”. Â What is more encouraging though is that GM’s recovery is based on a fundamentally new paradigm shift: […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Eliminate Waste
- Lean Metrics
- OEE: Overall Equipment Efficiency
- Performance
- Problem Solving
- Process Control and OEE
- Root Cause Analysis
- Training
Lean STAR From 6 Deadly Job Networking Mistakes
Sometimes we are inundated with e-mails especially from some of the “Groups” we subscribe to. Today, one e-mail in particular caught our attention and led us to read a post titled “6 Deadly Job Networking Mistakes” that eventually brought us to a well written article by Gill Corkindale titled, “6 Networking Mistakes And How to Avoid Them“. If you or someone […]