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July 4, 2009

The Power of Explaining Why - A Funny Example

This sign and picture might be a bit rude, so I saved this for a Saturday. To me, a very powerful and often unknown principle of the Toyota Production System and Lean is the idea that managers must “explain why” to employees if they give a directive order. I saw this when I visited the NUMMI plant and wrote about how they treated employees like adults by explaining why certain defe ... More

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Get Lean and Prosper features news, commentary, case studies, and instructions on Lean manufacturing methodologies and Lean transformation.

July 3, 2009

Energy independence: what we can do

As we commemorate another U.S. Independence Day, it’s easy to forget how long we’ve been threatened by dependence on foreign oil, and how the trend has for the most part gotten worse, not better. Back in the 1970’s, when the first oil crisis hit, concern over reliance on foreign oil spiked, along with the price of gas. Jimmy Carter donned a sweater, told us to conserve, and we ... More

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Expert insight on the latest GREEN trends, products and news from the professionals within the manufacturing industry.

July 3, 2009

One-to-One: Dassault Strives to Make 3D Accessible to All in the SMB with V6

This is a guest post from Jeff Hojlo, who has been doing some work with Tech-Clarity after departing from AMR Research earlier this year. Thank you Jeff! I had a chance to talk with…the Dassault Systemes team about their recent V6 product release.  They reinforced their key messages during the conversation: SOA based on a single data model, powered by ENOVIA, leveraging 3D ... More

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An ongoing conversation about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).

June 3, 2009

Key Ingredients to Successful Quality-based Traceability

In this week’s blog, I would like to outline the key elements needed in a successful quality-based traceability system. Integrate Quality and Traceability Data Traceability does not stop at one up, one down. Further due diligence includes reviewing documentation associated with incoming inspections, certificates of analysis, supplier non-conformances, supplier audits and regulatory complian ... More

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"The Power of the Plant Floor� is an ongoing blog about various challenges and opportunities for food and CPG manufacturers are facing on the plant floor and how they can overcome real-life issues and better improve plant floor operations and productivity to benefit the overall business using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

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