OEE Without a Million-Dollar Budget
Excel, a standard cycle time and correlating settings with quality get you there — but OEE never replaces gemba.
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Content built on working with the process
No rewriting textbooks. Every piece answers a specific question from a manager or a production team.
An Operator Leaving vs. a Manager Leaving: Why We Judge Them Differently
We call a manager's growth ambition, a good operator's departure sometimes a lack of loyalty. The same need for growth, two different labels.
Read the article →The Define Phase: Turning a Sponsor's Expectation Into a Defined Problem
"Let's get OEE to 85%" is an expectation, not a problem. A well-run Define phase turns it into a defined problem, scope and goal.
Read the article →Cost Advantage in Manufacturing: A Lesson From TPS Fundamentals
Cheaper sourcing in Asia is a stopgap, not a strategy. Lasting cost advantage comes from eliminating waste and organizational resilience.
Read the article →Gemba before automation: the sequence that builds results
Why you first need to build habits, standard and accountability, and only then automate data and reporting.
Read the article →Where to start with Lean when a company has too many problems at once?
Three steps: see the flow, count the losses, and choose the one priority with the biggest business impact.
Read the article →TPM without bureaucracy: how to reduce failures and micro-stops
TPM works when it connects operators, maintenance and leaders around simple standards and fast root-cause elimination.
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