Posts By: Dwight Bowen

Next LTN meeting Thursday October 17, at Misco Products, Reading PA

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Where – Misco Products, 1048 Stinson Drive, Reading, PA 19605 Phone: (610) 926-4106 *Rebecca Banks is our contact  Rebecca.banks@miscoproducts.com When – Thursday October 17, 2013 from 9am to Noon What – the subject will be Changeover including a discussion related to issues standardizing the documented best practice Who – 3 attendees per member company. No… Read more »

Network meeting Thursday Sept 12, 2013 at Adhesives Research

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LEAN THINKING NETWORK MEETING NOTICE The next meeting for the Lean Thinking Network will be held on Thursday September 12th from 9:00 am until 11:30 am at Adhesives Research 400 Seaks Run Road Glen Rock, PA 17327 Proposed Agenda: 9:00 am  –  9:15 am:  Arrive/Meet & Greet 9:15 am  –  9:45 am:  AR Lean Journey… Read more »

Tobyhanna Army Depot Tour – Summary

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What a great morning at Shingo Prize winning Tobyhanna Army Depot.  Our hosts, led by Director of Productivity Improvement and Innovation, Brad Jones, enthusiastically responded to our questions and did a tremendous job explaining process and improvements throughout our tour. It was easy for us to see why Tobyhanna has won several Shingo Prizes.  We… Read more »

Money, where we make it, where we lose it and why don’t we spend more time there?

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Competing Money, where you make itThe operational side of income and loss is the subject of this podcast, not the accounting side. Manufacturers make or lose money on the shop floor.  The shop floor is where you can see problems (not having what we need when we need it, the wrong thing, quality, people, information… Read more »

Summary Thursday June 13, 2013 at RACC

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Nasty weather with threats of powerful thunderstorms, high winds and hail kept our attendance low. The focus of the day was “Creating a Favorable Environment for Continuous Improvement” with the training provided by Dwight. We were very fortunate to have Mark Graban www.leanblog.org   as our virtual Go-to-meeting/Skype video conference.  A keynote speaker at many Lean… Read more »

Muda, Cash, Mark Cuban and Your Business

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I recently heard that billionaire Mark Cuban’s answer to the savings problem created by low interest rates is to buy huge quantities of “staples” such as razor blades, soap and toilet paper.  His concept is based on quantity discounts and inflation edging out interest earned on cash. In case you don’t know, Mark Cuban is… Read more »

Network best practices – visit each other, observe, question and listen.

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Fenner Drives’ Workplace Organization Program On May 23rd, 2013, members of The Rose Corporation were invited to tour Fenner Drives’ facility in Manheim, Pennsylvania.  The purpose of this tour was to demonstrate 6S principles being implemented at Fenner Drives, and exchange lean network ideas with members of The Rose Corporation.  The Rose Corporation picked up… Read more »