Category: Business Tools – Page 4
How Much Information? How Much Use?
In his book on lean manufacturing, My Life and Work, (email johnhenry@changeover.com if you would like a copy) Henry Ford
Facilitate Failure
“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”
—John Wanamaker, Department
It’s All in the Game
In 2013, John Henry and I wrote Secrets of Buying Packaging Machinery: How to Win in a No-Win Game. We used
Anywhen
Does your plant run anywhen or whenever?
You know, like when you try to schedule an appointment with the cable
The Market Never Waits
You have a hot new product that is flying off the shelves. Sounds like one of those good problems.
This
WHY BUY?
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature from Frain Group. “Line by line” will focus on how to
CAPACITY PLANNING
What’s your plant capacity?
That’s not a trick question but can be a tricky one and not easy to answer.
SPEED
Last month I started talking about packaging line speeds and found I had more words than space. This month I
PACK EXPO 2012
In my 35 years in the industry I have seen a number of instances where simple modifications to the package
ONE MINUTE CHANGEOVER
Everyone wants to do lean (fast) changeovers. How about one minute changeover?
About 30 years ago Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer
AMBIGUOUS SIGNAGE
A few weeks ago I was in Sam’s Club headed for checkout. For those not familiar with Sam’s, the typical