Posts tagged efficiency

Experimenting in Europe

I was asked to co-facilitate a regional cost-reduction session with my Armstrong mentor, Fred, in Europe. He had facilitated many of these sessions over the years with great success. I was excited for the opportunity to work with him and tour around countries I wasn’t familiar with.

Kaizen Success Stories, Innovation, Customer focus, LeadershipAdam LawrenceMarch 5, 2024Process Improvement Partners LLCFacilitation, efficiency, leadership commitment, cost reduction

My First True Gemba Walk

I started my career as an industrial engineer for Thomasville Furniture in North Carolina. My initial responsibilities included warehouse barcoding support and veneer plant projects. For the warehouse, I had to learn how barcodes were used to inventory, ship, and receive finished furniture from the various plants in the network. In the veneer plant, I was to conduct time and work studies and also identify improvement projects.

Customer focus, Operations, Learning, Kaizen Success StoriesAdam LawrenceFebruary 13, 2024Process Improvement Partners LLCGemba walk, Industrial engineering, efficiency, voice of the customer

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