7 Signs Your Lean Manufacturing Program Won’t Survive Leadership Turnover
A new plant manager arrives. Within months, the kaizen calendar has gaps and improvement boards go stale. The departure gets blamed, but the deeper problem was a system that depended on one sponsor. A lean program lasts when operating routines, standards, resources, and accountability outlive the person who introduced them. The seven signs below reveal […]
Asset Management Consulting for Food Manufacturing | IE
Walk through almost any food manufacturing facility and you will hear a familiar phrase. We are too busy fixing equipment to improve it. Walk through almost any food manufacturing facility and you will hear a familiar phrase. We are too busy fixing equipment to improve it. For many Asset Management Consulting maintenance has become a […]
Knowledge Loss Is One of Mining’s Biggest AI Opportunities
The mining industry is facing a challenge that receives far less attention than automation electrification or artificial intelligence. It is losing decades of operational knowledge. Across the industry experienced operators maintenance technicians planners metallurgists and engineers are retiring after careers spent solving complex operational problems. Much of what they know has never been formally documented. […]