Let’s get rid of value stream maps. I can hear it now: “Why would you say such a thing? Value stream maps are great. We can’t see waste without them.”

Precisely.

Every year, we hear scattered stories of inaccurate measures. Gas pumps, grocery scales, grocery scanners, incorrectly labeled products.

(Hexagon Metrology: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon Metrology has released the m&h IRP40.50 infrared touch probe for the North American market.

I didn’t expect that our family trip to Florida would end with me driving a plane load of passengers nearly 200 miles to their homes, but it did.