Does Employee Recognition Improve Productivity?
Employee recognition improves productivity if it is done correctly. If it is done poorly it may have the opposite effect...
5S Principles
5 Reasons Manufacturing Businesses Should Implement 5S
The success of any business is defined by how efficiently it is run. For this reason, business owners in the...
8 Requirements for Six Sigma Success
After going through the classes and other educational experiences to get six sigma certified (at any belt level) most people...
5S is Just Not For Us
No 5S Here The saying 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks,' still reigns true in far too many...
When to Delegate and When Not to Delegate
Delegation is a crucial aspect of managing any business, team, or group of people. If you are serious about doing...
The Visual Workplace
What is a Visual Workplace? In simple terms, the visual workplace is a workplace that places critical information at the...
Lean and Mean: Making Time to Achieve It
Lean and mean. Everybody has heard that one. In the business environment it means to trim the excess--real as well...
DOWNTIME = Waste
In a business environment, efficiency and productivity are affected by many factors. Understanding all of these can be quite complex....
The Building Blocks of a Lean Organization
Building a lean organization not only helps keep operating costs down and making a profit margin or productivity level as...
Getting To Know The Product-Process Matrix
When deadlines approach and it seems like there's no way you're going to pull through, work flow can potentially become...
