Focus and Align
Welcome to the BGC Blog - "Focus and Align" Insights, observations, and lessons learned in the world of Continuous Improvement These...
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Chad Bareither
- Mar 20, 2023
- 2 min
So ... "how" do we improve?
Most continuous improvement or operational excellence programs that I encounter are very "project focused". A recent business need has...
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Chad Bareither
- Feb 15, 2023
- 3 min
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...
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Chad Bareither
- Jan 17, 2023
- 2 min
Soft Skill!?
The Harvard Business School conducted a corporate survey in 2000 and concluded that about 70% of change initiatives fail to achieve...
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Chad Bareither
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Chad Bareither
- Oct 8, 2022
- 2 min
What's your process?
Social Media has become a primary platform for professional athletes in snowboarding, wakeboarding and surfing to demonstrate their...
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Chad Bareither
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
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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