The Five Minute Gemba Archive

In Lean Manufacturing, the term Gemba means “the place where value is created”. Gemba walks are a way for stakeholders to respectfully engage their teams at this place (shop/plant floor) to understand and help with the improvement process. The Five-Minute Gemba newsletter will provide the fuel needed to accelerate your Industry 4.0 journey and help you create value in your business.

FMG No. 04 – Introduce A Fresh Perspective

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

FMG No. 05 – By All Means Necessary

Thank you to any and all veteran’s reading this, I appreciate your service. This year we’ve seen a lot of people struggling and grinding their

FMG No. 06 – Our Manhattan Project

Today, many of you are likely recovering from a much smaller than usual Thanksgiving Day of food, friends, and family. With that in mind, today

FMG No. 07 – Eliminate Bottlenecks

If you hadn’t noticed, it’s been a little while since our “bi-weekly” newsletter landed in your inbox. I am writing this hastily because I didn’t

FMG No. 08 – Seeing Is Believing

I have two old notebooks I often carry to customer meetings in which I have spent countless hours writing down ideas and doing “free form”

FMG No. 09 – Fill Your Head With Good Stuff

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the title of this newsletter, “Fill your head with good stuff.” The purveyor of those words is author