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“95 Thesis” on Kaizen Events and TPS

The Lean Thinker

That actually isn’t a bad analogy as I was advocating a pretty dramatic shift in the role of the kaizen workshop leaders. The Role of “Workshop Leaders” in the (Continuous Improvement Office). Workshop leaders are generally taught to plan and lead workshops.

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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta.

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Symtrain Demo with Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

She started up Corning’s optical fiber factory in the Charlotte, NC area, founded a popular kindergarten engineering design workshop based on a famous MIT course, and led the STEM coaching team serving 48 Easter Seals teachers across metro Atlanta.

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Why Can’t The Supply Chain Get Rid of Abuse?

Material Handling and Logistics

How many years has it been since we first heard about those tragic Foxconn workers who preferred to jump to their deaths from the factory dorms where they lived, rather than continue to work in hazardous conditions? Young female workers have been held captive behind the walls of garment factories in southern India. The answer is eight.

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Breaking Barriers: Women in Supply Chain Leadership and the Workforce

MTS Logistics

Women worked in factories with the most famous one being Rosie the Riveter. Although aspirational, Rosie the Riveter was reflected by thousands of women in factories during the war. Hosting professional development workshops and networking events provides additional growth opportunities and vital industry connections.

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Hubtex Offers Factory Refurbished Forklifts

Logistics Business Magazine

Hubtex have an extensive range of owned products that are available as general overhauls or fully refurbished in its service workshops in Milton Keynes, and at the factory in Fulda, Germany. The post Hubtex Offers Factory Refurbished Forklifts appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Boeing: The Turning Point(s)

The Lean Thinker

” In the background, also in the early 90s, Boeing was beginning to experiment with things like 5S and “Accelerated Improvement Workshops” (AIW) (aka kaizen events). After I had left Boeing, I had the opportunity to organize a study mission group through a series of factories in the Puget Sound area.