Let’s face it folks with all the uncertainty in the workplace today we are finding that morale is often at an all time low. Many
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Client: General Aluminum Manufacturing (GAMCO) – Conneaut, OH Situation General Aluminum Manufacturing experienced recurring production instability across multiple Mazak CNC platforms. Challenges included crash events, tool
Client: Major Aerospace Manufacturer Situation A major aerospace manufacturer engaged Andy Watkins LLC after internal teams spent more than three months attempting to resolve a persistent
One of the reoccurring themes we hear is that folks are having a hard time finding skilled machinists. Let us suggest that you may have
Is it impossible to be grateful that you “failed”? What is often termed as failure can turn into your greatest lesson and success. The only
Having a problem is not an issue. How you handle the problem is what matters most. We all could think of many examples of the
What experiences have you had with solving business problems? Do you believe that tools like the Affinity Diagram, the Interrelation Digraph, and the Nominal Group
In the last few posts we covered some of the basic tools of Hoshin Kanri. Let’s take a look at an example where these tools
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We have covered some of the Hoshin Kanri tools that you can use to create breakthroughs for the most stubborn issues. Our last three posts