5 Ways to Have a Better Workday

5 Ways to Have a Better Workday

Making Work Seem Less Like It With the new year flying by and too much to do and too little time, you’re probably stressed out. In fact, Americans are reporting a stress level of 4.6 on a scale from 1 to 10 with 10 being totally stressed out. So today I’m going to...
Three Reasons Your Promotional Items Stink and What to Do About It

Three Reasons Your Promotional Items Stink and What to Do About It

The Worst Ways to Handle Your Best Form of Advertising I’ve heard a few less-than-flattering terms for promotional items throughout my career. And I only have one thing to say about that…they’re accurate, in many cases. You know I have great respect for what...
How to Address Overproduction Waste Identified by LEAN Manufacturing

How to Address Overproduction Waste Identified by LEAN Manufacturing

Waste #7: Overproduction—Part 8 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk Today, let’s take on the final “waste” in our series about the seven areas of waste identified in LEAN manufacturing. For a couple weeks now, we’ve been...
How to Address Inventory Wastes Identified by LEAN Manufacturing

How to Address Inventory Wastes Identified by LEAN Manufacturing

Waste #6: Inventory—Part 7 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk This week, we’ll be wrapping up our series on the seven areas of waste identified in LEAN manufacturing. It’s a topic we’ve been revisiting since it generated...
How to Address Wastes from Poor Quality Through LEAN Manufacturing

How to Address Wastes from Poor Quality Through LEAN Manufacturing

Waste #5: Poor Quality—Part 6 of 8: Addressing the Seven Wastes in LEAN Manufacturing with Corporate Kiosk Next up on our waste “hit list”: quality problems. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been revisiting seven wastes identified in LEAN...