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. 12 – What Will Your Legacy Be?

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

FMG No. 11 – The Follow-up IS Everything

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

FMG No. 01 – Sleep and Solve Problems

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

FMG No. 02 – What Are You Filtering?

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

FMG No. 03 – Build Your Creativity

“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

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