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In Part 1 of this blog Wiff Dedrick shared the story of how he helped grow a toner cartridge remanufacturing company from $3M to $16M in annual sales over a ~five-year period. But the company had issues with profitability and excess inventory. Click here to read Part 1 of the blog. In Part 2 Wiff … Read more
Below is a tale of my journey as a young manager going through the enterprise transformation process as I know it, our Lean conversion, and the key lessons I learned. After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin in 1993, I moved to Dallas to join one of my friends in helping his business … Read more
This year marks 20 years since TMAC offered our very first LSS class. Hard to believe it’s been two decades since we launched our Lean Six Sigma Program. Earlier this month we celebrated this milestone with customers, current and former TMAC staff members. How did our program get started? Its origins go back to 2002 … Read more
When completing Lean Six Sigma projects, one key to success is formation of a team to fulfill the project goals. This is true not only for overall project success but also for the successful application of almost any tool in the Lean Six Sigma Toolbox. The team approach results in numerous advantages including a more … Read more
Earlier this year we shared a list of ‘Red Flags’ we have encountered over the past 20 years of TMAC’s LSS Program. As a reminder, Red Flags are issues or concerns which can have a negative impact on the success of a Lean Six Sigma project. Often the impact is in the form of higher … Read more
In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed how useful process maps have been for me over the course of my career. I also provided a brief explanation and showed examples of different types of charts. You can access Part 1 of this blog from the link here. Some of the process maps discussed … Read more
Throughout my career, as an Industrial Engineer and a Continuous Improvement professional, if there is one tool I have used in abundance, it is Process Mapping. As a visual person, it is my go-to tool. In many situations, it helped me wrap my head around what’s going on in a process or conversation and make … Read more
Don’t let these red flags overwhelm your LSS Program Over the past 20 years TMAC has provided training and support for dozens of different LSS deployments, across a variety of industries. During that time, our staff have provided over 5,000 hours of project coaching for Green Belts and Black Belts. As we meet with each … Read more
Over the course of my career there have been several situations where I was brought into a company to improve quality or productivity. In some of those cases, I would go so far as to label myself the ‘Lone Wolf’ in the organization. Here I do not mean the definition of a Lone Wolf as … Read more
Launching a Lean Six Sigma Program Imagine starting a new job at a company with no formal continuous improvement program. There is no culture of fact-based decision-making. The company measures only one thing: Dollars. A wide variety of problems exist across many different departments – accounting, procurement, human resources, operations, customer service. And you’ve been … Read more
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