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Just-in-Time (JIT) Manufacturing: Minimize Inventory & Maximize Efficiency
Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing integrates various elements that work together to streamline production and achieve JIT goals. These components include human resources, production, purchasing, manufacturing, and organizational planning. They can be broadly...
Maintenance Planning: Optimize Asset Uptime & Efficiency
Maintenance is a critical, ongoing process that ensures machinery and equipment are kept in optimal operating condition, minimizing downtime and maintaining productivity. This routine activity involves taking proactive measures to prevent equipment failures and manage...
Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Optimize Inventory & Production
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a pivotal computer-based system that significantly enhances production planning and inventory control in manufacturing environments. MRP's primary function is to ensure that materials and components are available for production...
Sustainable Manufacturing: Eco-Friendly & Efficient Production
Sustainable manufacturing is an effective strategy aimed at shifting production methods away from producing products with significant environmental impacts, conserving resources, ensuring safety and remaining economic viable. Sustainable manufacturing is central to...
Capacity Planning: Optimize Resources & Meet Demand
Capacity planning is a fundamental element of operations management, shaping a facility's productive capability and impacting nearly every aspect of operations from optimal production levels to uninterrupted production runs. This comprehensive guide delves into its...
What is Total Quality Management (TQM)?
Total Quality Management (TQM) emerged as a prominent management concept during the 1980s, distinguished by its comprehensive approach to continuous quality improvement across all organizational processes. Once seen as just another buzzword, TQM has undergone both...
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Kevin Clay, MBB
Kevin is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and President of Six Sigma Development Solutions, Inc. Moreover, Kevin has spent over 25 years in the trenches of process improvement and Six Sigma implementation. He’s seen everything from amazing successes to total disasters. As a Master Black Belt and executive consultant, he’s helped companies across all industries transform how they work.
What makes Kevin different isn’t his impressive resume. It’s his core belief that our biggest failures teach us the most valuable lessons. Through authentic conversations and real stories, he creates a space where professionals can learn from others’ mistakes without having to make them all themselves.
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