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Publisher’s Note: Inspiration Comes in Many Forms
Anand Sharma, Co-founder & CEO, TBM Consulting Group
This issue of Managing Times is filled with morsels of inspiration, fresh ideas and helpful hints for doing better. Throughout this issue are inspirational stories about things many of you, our clients, are doing to make a positive impact on your business. I hope you’ll find the fuel you need to forge ahead and scope out the standard work you need to drive sustainable results, inspire your workforce and plant the seeds for profitable growth.
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Case Study: Lean Labs at Roche Carolina Define Good Manufacturing Practices
By David Drickhamer, freelance editor with Tracy Taylor, QC Lab Manager, Roche Pharmaceuticals and Doug Bonner, TBM Senior Management Consultant
By applying lean tools such as 5S and visual management, Roche Carolina laboratories set the standard for quality control and help the company respond to market demand for critical drugs. Learn how Roche is using lean principles to achieve zero observations in their most recent FDA audit. The inspectors even used the laboratory’s 5S processes to train their staff in best manufacturing practices.
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Special Feature:One Version of the Truth
By Angela Scenna, Director of Marketing, TBM Consulting Group
TBM’s new Dploy Solutions tool helps companies create a standard approach for managing the strategy deployment process. We caught up with three senior leaders who are responsible for embedding a structured process at their respective companies. Hear what they had to say about their use of technology via to enhance the management process with a single, standardized approach for achieving breakthrough objectives.
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Accelerated Learning: Planting and Paving
By Gary Rascoe and Carl Deeley, Senior Management Consultants, TBM Consulting Group
Using leader standard work to pave the way for a disciplined management system and manage in a continuous improvement environment. Rascoe and Deeley are working with their clients to implement leader standard work to help them transition from fire fighting to fire proofing. Leader standard work is a management system composed of tools and management techniques that reinforce a clear focus on things that make a business run predictably and efficiently.
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Leadership Insights: Free to Focus
By Tonya Vinas, Freelance Editor
A one-on-one interview with Patrick Spear, CEO of The Identity Group. He was once skeptical that lean would benefit his company. Today he sees lean as they key enabler of growth and profitability.
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Field Note: Obtaining Government Training Grants to Reduce Out-of-Pocket Kaizen Costs
By Marty Abbott, President of the IM Group
Many state, county and local governments want to see your business proper and they are willing to defray out of pocket costs for training programs that are critical to your company’s success. Learn how the process works and see first-hand how Owens-Corning obtained $600,000 over the past year.
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Consider This: Problems are Treasures
By David Pate, Senior Management Consultant, TBM Consulting Group
David Pate, a former plant manager and director of lean manufacturing at Collins &Aikman, reflects upon the Toyota quality crisis. He encourages us to view problems as opportunities for improvement. How are you going to capitalize on your treasures?
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