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The economy you once knew is gone and it’s not coming back. Costs keep rising. Consumer confidence is under pressure. Global trade operates under a new set of rules. Uncertainty has fundamentally changed how and when customers buy. The impact is already visible: Margins are shrinking. Sales are slowing. Forecasts are less reliable than they were just a few years ago. Raising prices to protect profitability might seem like the logical response, but in today’s market, it’s rare

I’ve walked through a lot of manufacturing facilities over the years. Most of the time, the issues aren’t hidden. They’re visible within minutes. Bottlenecks people have learned to work around. Extra handling that’s become routine. Delays that everyone accepts as “just the way it is.” In many cases, it doesn’t take much more than an hour on the floor to see where cost, time, and effort are being quietly lost. What’s interesting isn’t that these opportunities exist. It’s how o

After decades in industry, I’ve heard the same line more times than I can count: “We have our own team. We don’t need outside help.” Internal teams are hardworking and knowledgeable — but being immersed in the day‑to‑day often creates blind spots. A good example: a major corporation once told me their Lower Mainland facility was “fine” and didn’t need support because their CI team was focused elsewhere. I spent three to four hours walking the plant and uncovered over $1

I asked a friend what to write about this week. When he made his suggestion, I had to sit down. Not because it isn’t important — but because it’s hard. And because there isn’t just one kind of culture change. There’s large-scale organizational culture change and there’s Lean culture change. As a Certified Change Management Professional, I work in both spaces, but I naturally view change through the lens of my Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Lean culture change starts with a

It’s January 21st . By now, the excitement of new year, new goals have either turned into momentum… or silence. They say it takes about three weeks to build a habit and only three days to break one . So, here is your call to action. How are your performance improvement goals holding up? Are they still moving forward in small, deliberate steps—or did daily pressure quietly push them aside? And an even more important question: Do you know where to start? Have

I've been hearing a lot about AI process mapping lately. One such tool allows you to call up, describe a process and it does the rest. It can quickly capture what people say they do, highlight potential bottlenecks, and help visualize workflows across complex operations. For teams lacking experience or expert support, it provides a useful starting point to understand processes and identify opportunities. But what people say they do is key. There’s a huge difference be

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