What it Really Takes to Control Inventory
Inventory control plays a critical role in manufacturing facilities. Proper spare parts management can reduce downtime, and increase profit margins.
Change Management Needs to Change
Why employees really reject change? DPA consultant Peter Harlamon shares strategies and tactics from his involvement in challenging labor-management negotiations.
Choosing the Right Maintenance Approaches for Your Organization
Daniel Penn Associates recently asked members of LinkedIn’s Association of Asset Management Professionals Group “What is the maintenance strategy that you use the most with your organization?”
How to get the most out of your company’s lean leadership training
Many senior leaders and senior staff do not understand the fundamentals of lean. It’s one thing to recite knowledge of lean, and another to live lean every day—both on the
Why do lean efforts fail?
In a social media and email survey, Daniel Penn Associates asked operations experts why lean efforts fail. Here are the seven most common reasons cited, with a sampling of participants’
Changeover improvements help company boost machine output and reduce waste
More than 200 hours per year of downtime from the company’s machines were compromising on-time deliveries to customers. Read how this company was able to improve output and reduce waste.
How standard work, eliminating waste, and communication are helping this producer improve on-time shipments
How standard work, eliminating waste, and communication are helping this producer improve on-time shipments.
Four Ways Lean Supports DEI and DEI Supports Lean
Lean is successful when we empower people to improve how they work together. DEI is successful when people understand and set aside preconceptions that pose barriers to teamwork. In today’s
Kaizen team boosts packaging operation OEE by 66.5%
How an international manufacturer of materials for construction applications was able to improve operational excellence by 66.5%.