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Five Leadership Essentials for Lean Success
People Centric Leadership is missing from lean manufacturing, causing many manufacturers to struggle to sustain long-term continuous improvement.
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DRIVE BIG CHANGE: Transforming Leadership and Culture Through Team Coaching
In team coaching, the coach walks alongside leaders, using their language to facilitate the dialogue and help them visualize future success and obstacles.
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The True Cost of Turnover
How to calculate your company’s true cost of turnover.
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BUILD YOUR TEAM: Career Pathways in Manufacturing
The new Career Pathways in Manufacturing program aids companies in recruiting, succession planning, and developing the workforce of the future.
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The 6 Basics You Need for Successful Marketing
Here are 6 basics that every business needs for successful marketing, plus how we help you succeed with each!
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Strategic Planning and Execution: The Guidepost for Business Success
Strategic Planning and Execution in the simplest terms is defined as, “setting overall goals for your business and developing a plan to achieve them.
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Build Bench Strength: Developing Your Talent Succession Plan
Simply put, Succession Planning is maximizing your workforce potential.
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The Gemba Walk: 3 Fundamental Characteristics of the Bones of Gemba
Great Gemba Walks become a focused process whereby leadership engages with various parts of the organization
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How to Translate Lean Principles Into Your Office Functions
Let’s look at some examples of how lean concepts can help reduce variability in office functions.
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Using Technology to Capture Standardized Work via the TWI-JI Format
This article focused on technology as well as Training Within Industry – Job Instruction (TWI-JI) module to capture standardized work.
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In Case you Missed it – Cobots: Solving the Manufacturing Labor Challenge
A recap of IMEC’s and Fusion OEM’s partnership on the Cobots: Solving the Manufacturing Labor Challenge event.
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Energy Efficiency & Conservation
Energy Efficiency and Conservation best practices provided by IMEC, the Northern Illinois University Department of Technology, and Kaskaskia College.
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“What Do You Want?” Being thoughtful of Business Transition
Think “what do you want” when it comes to business transition? Are you making your priorities known? Are you catering to other peoples needs? Be thoughtful.
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Thankful for Effective Supply Chains
MEP Supply Chain program leaders explore the attributes of effective supply chains including visibility, responsiveness, and the five critical areas.
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Need Help Reducing Your Plant’s Pollution?
Pollution reduction is a concern for manufacturers. Take advantage of IEPA’s pollution prevention program to help lower your company’s waste outputs.