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. 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

FMG No. 10 – Making Things Simple

Two years ago, I met with the management team at a prospective customer. They had visited one of our customers who uses CIMCO Software and