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The Center’s Transformation Planner for Manufacturing Operational Improvement Lowering costs and increasing profits, while improving processes is what all manufacturing organizations strive to accomplish. However, understanding how to formulate a plan to make these goals a r...

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BY: PETE SCHMIDT During the past challenging year, one recurring theme that many companies have discussed with me – whether they have 10 employees or 200 – is that they are all struggling to find people to fill open positions within their organization. If everyone is lo...

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  BY: MATT SHOFFNER   While touring a facility, I always look at how workspaces are organized. Occasionally, I see evidence of past Lean initiatives. 5S is the easiest Lean tool to spot on a tour and it is also the easiest to identify when it is no longer in use. When...

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