Nov 25, 2020
In this podcast Dr. Gerhard Plenert talks about the seven Ingredients of breakthrough thinking and how Toyota uses these throughout their organization to gain a competitive advantage. Many times we only think of breakthrough thinking as applying to manufacturing, but that’s not right. Toyota uses it throughout their...
Nov 14, 2020
Missing Small Parts? Damaged Small Parts? In too many cases, assembly lines are started and have to stop because they are missing small parts. This delays delivery to customers and also adds the possibility of mistakes because of the starting and stopping of the assembly process. In this podcast, we talk to Phil Mader,...
Nov 5, 2020
Industry 4.0, 4th Stage of the Industrial Revolution, Robotic Process Automation.......Over the last decade, strides have been made in technology that now allow us to eliminate waste at a whole new level. What was once a manual and “value add” task can now be eliminated or automated through the adoption of...