Sorting the things you need to do your job on your desk, in receiving, in the production area, on the assembly floor, and any work area helps you work more efficiently and less prone to…
SORT - The first “S” of the 5 S System
An Interpretation from an engineer’s perspective
I started reading this book with hopes of picking up good ideas to apply in a group setting when we are at the whiteboard solving design issues.
Overview of the 5 S System
Toyota developed a system to analyze an organization’s business and manufacturing processes and remove all non value added event or processes that are present.
Review of 4-Day Work Week
It has been just over one year since we converted from a 5-day work week, to a 4-day work week. My job was to analyze whether the 4-day work week brought more money to our…
Why cash and profit are different
A business fails when the cash runs out not when the company had losses on the income statement. In a liquidity crunch if a company can generate its own cash it will survive.