No matter the company or business category, every company can and should measure productivity. First is to identify the value added output. Second, compare it with direct time. And third, chart productivity in a trend…
Productivity
The Discipline of Sustaining Lean Principles
Once you and your company make it down that long road of lean implementation, don’t let your guard down! There is no such thing as ‘arrived’ in the lean world. It’s a constant journey that…
Making a Project Successful
When you bid a clean sheet design it’s at best an educated guess hoping you are on the high side, if you are lucky and bidding on more than one of the same machine you…
There's No Room for Guessing in Sales
I never assume I know what the client’s needs are, and I never assume I have a solution that will exactly meet their needs until I’ve asked the customer a pile of questions.
Knowing When to Cross Train
Setpoint is a small business that is agile and can adjust as quickly as the management team can move. Everyone wears multiple hats, but in most job functions, we are only one layer deep. If…