How many times have you purchased a product only to find that a better or new and improved version was just released? It happens to all of us, myself included. Advertisers or salespeople sell you what they think you can afford. I’m not offended by the question, “What’s your budget?” One of the reasons we may feel betrayed after making […]
Keeping Up With Technology – Buyer Beware
- Cost Control
- Execution
- Leadership
- Lean
- Lean Leadership
- Lean Metrics
- OEE
- Standard Work
- Standardized Work
Are You Winning?
Are you winning? Simple metrics to keep your team on track … and smiling.
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Continual Improvement
- Continuous Improvement
- Execution
- Improvement
- Kaizen
- Lean
- Standard Work
- Standardized Work Combination Table
Standardized Work Combination Table
Standardized work is often perceived as a rigid series of “never to be changed” process steps. This misperception is likely why one of the most powerful lean tools is also the least used. Standardized work represents the current best practice, and lean practitioners recognize there is always an opportunity to improve. There’s always a better way and more than one […]
How to Update to NordVPN 6.32.24
The NordVPN 6.32.24 Version Update does not work. A notice was sent to NordVPN to advise them accordingly.
There’s Always a Better Way And More Than One Solution
While this post may be brief, it serves to exemplify my often stated phrase: There’s always a better way and more than one solution. Versalytics.org I was perusing a Wikipedia article on the Fortran programming language and paid special attention to a short block of code to calculate the area of a triangle. The program was using a formula I […]
Simplified Machine Design for Everyone | Vention
IT doesn’t get much easier than this! Design and order custom industrial equipment in days. Fast and easy-to-use cloud CAD, loaded with modular parts, that ship next day. Source: Simplified Machine Design for Everyone | Vention
February 2nd is Groundhog Day! A great day for Lean Thinking.
Although there is no correlation between a groundhog seeing its shadow and the arrival of Spring-like weather, groundhog day is a tradition celebrated by many in Canada and the United States. If the groundhog casts a shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; otherwise, Spring arrives early. Perception is a matter of perspective. What we perceive and believe […]
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Execution
- Lean
- Lean Metrics
- Lean Thinking
- OEE
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness
The Goal for OEE in 2020
The ideal goal for OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) in 2020: A continually increasing trend in OEE over time.
- 5S
- Advanced Lean Manufacturing
- Collaboration
- Cost Control
- Customer Satisfaction
- Eliminate Waste
- Execution
- Goals
- Lean
- Lean Thinking
- Mission
- Objectives
- Pareto's Law
- Strategy
- Vision
Micro Lean in 2020
Lean thinking affects all facets of an organization. Every person, activity, product, service, process, system, or method represent an opportunity for continuous improvement. If the devil is in the details, then lean thinking extends to understanding and improving the “little things” we do every day, not just as teams, but as individuals too. Lean thinking embraced at a personal level […]
How to connect to MySQL using TCL tdbc::mysql
Solved: couldn’t load library “libmysql.dll.15”: this library or a dependent library could not be found in library path
Nothing is more frustrating than a feature that doesn’t work as it should. This is one less thing to worry about.