6 steps to achieving TPM through line-centric accountability #20 OE Newsletter
For businesses to fully implement goal-driven lean strategies through Total
Productive Maintenance (TPM), they need more than a simple toolbox of
everyday solutions.
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Lean Rollout—Pull, Readiness, and Getting Started #19 OE Newsletter
The success of an organization’s lean strategy depends on thorough planning, a commitment to the process and engaged leadership. Lean […]
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Gore’s ELIXIR® Strings: Gains Support Customer Service/Sales #18 OE Newsletter
To drive the Lean transformation in their organizations, mid-and top-level executives need to develop skills and experience in effectively applying Lean techniques, some do this by participating in the Lean Manager Certification Program (LMAC)…
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Lean re-launch at texops: holistic, systematic—Approach yields dramatic performance gains #17 OE Newsletter
For successful lean transformation, a systematic, long-term commitment is crucial, according to Productivity Inc.’s managing partner Mike Kuta.
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Lean Service Is Innovative Service Is Lean Service Is . . . #16 OE Newsletter
The hallmarks of service businesses include high levels of complexity, low levels of process and product visibility, and a dual reliance on people skills and technological prowess.
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Asset Management Update—ISO 55000 and Its Links with Operational Excellence #15 OE Newsletter
Did you know that October celebrations include not only Columbus Day and Halloween, but also World Standards Day?
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Getting “Engaged” #14 OE Newsletter
Operational excellence, continuous improvement, lean management—no matter what you call your pursuit of perfection, in order to sustain it employees have to be “engaged.”
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TPM—Fad or Fundamental? #13 OE Newsletter
Lean production means continually eliminating waste and perfecting processes so that you can maximize value for customers and employees, and in the largest sense, society as well.
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Servant Leadership in a Lean Organization #12 OE Newsletter
We frequently hear the term “servant leader” used to describe an ideally “enlightened” manager or executive. People who instinctively welcome the idea of servant leadership often see it as a sort of inverted management pyramid, with executives supporting the rest of the organization.
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Insights from Champions of TPM #11 OE Newsletter
Lean manufacturing is built on process reliability, and that depends on equipment reliability. Total productive maintenance (TPM) enables equipment and process reliability, but it’s a discipline that’s often sidelined in lean transformations.
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