Second Order Thinking
As we are crafting strong and robust manufacturing processes, we have to make many plans and projections, based on our current reality....
Highlights…Year One
Robust manufacturing processes WIN. Period. Full stop. Winning in this context means high profits, happy customers, happy operators, and...
Beware the Big R
The Big R is The Resistance; a termed coined by the author Steven Pressfield in his fantastic book “Do The Work”. Pressfield knows a...
SYMPTOMATIC “Solutions”
As we craft and build great processes, we inevitably run into problems we must resolve and move past. Obviously, we would like to do this...
BETTER ergo DIFFERENT ergo COURAGE…
The title above means… BETTER therefore DIFFERENT therefore COURAGE. The above title and thinking is from Amar Bose, the founder of Bose...
INITIATIVE and Great Processes
A poem (by Ellen Rhymes) called “A scarce commodity” goes like this… "It’s a scarce commodity, initiative—an oddity when someone very...
De iis DE CORONA
I’m not talking about beer! De iis DE CORONA is Latin for Circle of Competence. Since I do not understand Latin (it is not in my circle...
Process STEWARDSHIP
Stewardship is defined as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.” My assertion is that Process...
Case Study No 2
A case study is defined as “a process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular...
The Process-Equipment MARRIAGE
A process will not happen without suitable equipment. However, the equipment is useless if the process it contains is defective or not up...

