How to Accelerate Your Product Speed-to-Market
Many manufacturers struggle with accelerating their product development timelines. Just how does one do that? The answer is Scrum, a process framework for developing complex products. One could say...
Supply Chain Foundations
Consider this: 100 percent of domestic manufacturers in the United States procure some combination of materials, components, sub-assemblies, and/or assemblies from other companies—they buy stuff. And...
Bridging the Cash Gap
by Brandi DiGiorgio Top Three Ways Manufacturers Can Bridge the Cash Gap Manufacturers are still feeling the effects of the recession nearly 10 years after it began. Despite advances in technology...
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Do Your Children Want The Business?
by Valerie Vaughn For over 25 years, MAMTC has helped our clients achieve success. We’ve worked with hundreds of Kansas manufacturers, helping them optimize their operations, develop their workforce...
Six Sigma Silver Bullet … Part 2
There have been a large number of companies that have begun their Continuous Improvement journey but never reached the promise land. My 20 + years of experience has shown me that they fell in love...
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Wasted Innovation…
In Lean Six Sigma we spend a lot of time talking about foundational tools which are really rooted in the Lean way of thinking. Small and Mid-Size companies operate differently than Larger companies...
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More Than Tools, Lean Six Sigma is a Transformative Process
What is a Lean Six Sigma transformation or journey? It’s a process that is truly about solving problems that negatively impact growth. People know a lot about the buzz tools, but often miss the...
Taking level loading to the next level
Most people may not realize it, but having a robust executable exporting program and process is part of your total CI effort. Think back to the basic fundamentals of Continuous Improvement. ...
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Standardizing Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma is founded on basic principles like Lean is. Over the course of time it has become ever apparent to Lean and Six Sigma practitioners that the two tools actually work best when used...
