Management

Focus and Align

Welcome to the BGC Blog - "Focus and Align" Insights, observations, and lessons learned in the world of Continuous Improvement These...

So ... "how" do we improve?

Most continuous improvement or operational excellence programs that I encounter are very "project focused". A recent business need has...

How often should I measure?

Walking across the concrete production floor, I look down at my phone. 9:50am, plant review starts in 10 minutes. My eyes scan the aisle...

Soft Skill!?

The Harvard Business School conducted a corporate survey in 2000 and concluded that about 70% of change initiatives fail to achieve...

Is ALL inventory 'waste'?

In Lean we are taught of the seven deadly wastes (or eight depending upon your teacher/coach). The acronym TIMWOOD is often used as a...

What's your process?

Social Media has become a primary platform for professional athletes in snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing to demonstrate their...

Flavor of the Month

Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins founded their company that would grow into the world's largest chain of ice cream shops in 1945. The original...

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