22 Million Reasons to Accommodate Work-From-Home Requests
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Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash
The recent $22.1 million verdict in the case of Billesdon vs.
Improvement Influencers
For an organization to develop a sustainable, continuous improvement culture, it must, as we say at Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, involve everybody, every day—i.e., process improvement mus
When Command-and-Control Leadership Sabotages Success
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A lean transformation should not be a blame game. Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash
It’s a story I’ve heard too many times: An organization spends years, even decades, entrenched in a top-down, command-and-control culture.
Ten Security Steps Every Remote Worker Should Follow
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You should be paying as much attention to your cybersecurity as you are to this picture. Credit: “Cyberattacks Tokyo” by PLANETART
Remote work is now an essential part of the modern workplace, offering flexibility and convenience to millions of employees worldwide. However, with this shift to home offices and flexible workspaces comes a new set of security challenges.
Four Ways to Measure Improvement Using Before/After Control Charts With Stages
Everyone has their own favorite graph type or visual tool. I’m not ready to declare this my favorite yet, but this oldie but goodie has got to get more time and attention.
Manufacturing Synergy: AME and the Baldrige Framework
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You can meet challenges in manufacturing and thrive. Photo by Rob Lambert on Unsplash
A nonprofit serving manufacturers that has generously supported the Baldrige Enterprise is AME (Association for Manufacturing Excellence), which comprises 4,000 manufacturing members ranging from executive
How Saying ‘No’ Strengthens Your Strategy
We’ve already talked about what a strategic plan is (and isn’t) in our discussion: “Strategic Planning Isn’t ‘Budget +10%.’” Hopefully
Equipping Doctors With AI Assistants
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MIT alumni-founded Ambience is being used across roughly 40 health systems in the U.S. by clinicians in over 100 subspecialties. Image credit: iStock
Most doctors go into medicine because they want to help patients.
The Power of the ‘Back of the Napkin’ for Innovation and Quality
A few days after returning from a speaking engagement at the Innovate for Excellence Summit in Chicago last September, I spoke to Susan, an old classmate.
Oak Ridge Research Supports Domestic Manufacturing for Industry
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This PM-HIP can was printed on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s MedUSA wire-arc additive manufacturing machine. The can will be used to create an impeller for a hydropower impeller to demonstrate a new approach for creating large-scale clean energy components. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy
Researchers at the U.S.