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. 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

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