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2.2 - The Operator’s Goal is to Grow Earnings
Each operator must learn 3 job positions adjacent to each other. The level each


1.0 - Are you Missing the Greatest Opportunity to Increase your Earnings?
Yes, you are. Unless you have identified and corrected the errors and the wasted time and effort within your production processes, you...


2.4 - The Manufacturing Leader’s Goals
The manufacturing leader has the responsibility to achieve the business’s goal.


1.2 - Do your Continuous Improvement Projects Maximize your Earnings?
Today’s premier manufacturing facilities use continuous improvement to solve deficiencies and roadblocks. Successful manufacturing...


2.1 - Does your Manufacturing Team have a Plan to Maximize your Earnings?
The manufacturing floor or cell leaders’ goals and expectations are:
Utilize in manufacturing the hour-by-hour and managing daily improve


Dollars /hour Produced for Different Manufacturing Industries
Sample table showing company ranking in specific industry, by ratio of revenue dollars divided by total direct and indirect hours.


CS2.5 - When Fixation Gives Way to Innovation
Case study - The working time available in each fixture increased from 66% to 92%


CS1.5 - The Gap Between Improvement and Perfection
What’s happening here? A plant for a global rubber molding business that produces seals or diaphragms made from rubber and fabric wants...


CS1.1 - Making it Easier for Operators to Help the Team Win
Company leadership saw what could be accomplished, that defect-free products could be made at rates faster than anticipated.


CS1.3 - Facing the Realities of More New Business
Connecting the two presses with a conveyor eliminated the work-in-process inventory and many of the defects. Â The inspection of the parts st


1.1 - Grow your Earnings by Training the Operator to be Successful
Imagine an increase of 46% in additional earnings utilizing your current assets within a matter of months.


CS3.4b - Doing Much More with Less
The customer expects defect-free products on time and demands a plan to fix these problems once and for all.


2.6 - Leadership Emerges from Problem-Solving
There is no greater learning than experiential learning, and the greatest form of experiential learning is problem-solving. The greatest...


1.3 - Fix the Process before Automating and you will Maximize your Earnings
Imagine a scenario where a supplier in the automotive industry comes to you and their customer has a seemingly impossible situation and...


2.5 - The Manufacturing-Industrial Engineer's Goals
The manufacturing-industrial engineer is responsible for increasing the earnings. A junior manufacturing-industrial engineer must...


2.7 - The Business Goals
A business financial goal can be achieved only if a system is in place for the entire manufacturing team to participate. The alternative...


1.4 - Maximize Earnings by Picking the Right Project
The projects(s) you choose must increase production speed, pieces per hour, and earnings. You must choose the right project. There are...


2.3 - The Manufacturing Supervisor's Goals
The manufacturing supervisor is measured on their operators’ performance. Each operator should increase their production by 2% per month. Th


1.5 - Single-Piece-Flow Maximizes Earnings
Single-Piece-Flow is the tool that maximizes the output. Every process must be single-piece flow to deliver the maximum output....


Changeovers: Speed and Quality can be Allies
The Results
The changeover time is reduced from 2-3 hours to 18 minutes. The internal scrap is reduced from 9 bad parts to 4 bad parts per
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