Managed Solutions

Your Smart Manufacturing Partner

  • About
  • Contact
  • Solutions
    • CIMCO Software
    • Services
  • Gemba
  • Blog
  • Support
  • Advocacy

FMG No. 12 – What Will Your Legacy Be?

July 12, 2021 by Joe Hackman

I don’t do a lot of social media. I had to turn down the noise last year so I could focus. It was a very good decision for me personally. The one network where I do continue to participate is LinkedIn, where I keep in touch with people from my professional life. While browsing my feed for the latest news from my contacts, I came across a post about someone who had suddenly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

FMG No. 11 – The Follow-up IS Everything

June 25, 2021 by Joe Hackman

Years ago, I had a live podcast on Blog Talk Radio. I really enjoyed conducting live discussions and interacting not only with my guests, but also with the listening audience. One evening as I was going about my business, I suddenly realized I was more than an hour late for a LIVE episode on Blog Talk Radio! I was shocked at myself. This was the first time I can recall … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

FMG No. 01 – Sleep and Solve Problems

May 11, 2021 by Joe Hackman

Welcome to the first edition of the Five-Minute Gemba, a bi-weekly newsletter designed to help you accelerate your Industry 4.0 Journey. The other morning, I woke up at 4 AM with my brain spinning, in full problem-solving mode. A technical issue I had encountered for one of my CIMCO Machine Data Collection customers evidently was prioritized in my slumbering brain. I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

FMG No. 02 – What Are You Filtering?

May 11, 2021 by Joe Hackman

Recently, I experienced a real life episode of “The Old Woman Who Swallowed the Fly.” As the nursery rhyme goes, her story starts with a problem (swallowing a fly), and quickly escalates as she attempts to resolve it. Eventually, after swallowing a horse, she dies. Luckily for me, I didn’t actually swallow a fly and my story has a happy ending. Here’s how my nursery rhyme … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

FMG No. 03 – Build Your Creativity

May 11, 2021 by Joe Hackman

“Human workers in the future will need to be creative to fully realize the benefits of all the new things for the future—new products, ways of working and technologies. Robots currently can’t compete with humans on creativity. The future workplace is going to demand new ways of thinking, and human creativity is the key to it. “ - Bernard Marr, “The 10 Vital Skills You Will Need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

FMG No. 04 – Introduce A Fresh Perspective

May 11, 2021 by Joe Hackman

In 2014, my family relocated from Danville to El Dorado Hills, California, just one year after I decided to shift the focus of Managed Solutions to smart manufacturing endeavors (you can read the entire story starting with “The Adventure Begins”). During our new home search, much of my work supplies were in storage, which forced me to work more resourcefully. When we did find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gemba

« Previous Page
Next Page »

CIMCO Demo Download

Start your free 30 day Demo of CIMCO Products Now


Get the latest news directly to your inbox:


Managed Solutions on other networks:

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

CIMCO Authorized Reseller


Copyright © 2023 Managed Solutions Inc.