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Becoming a LSS Green Belt or Black Belt takes a major investment of time and money. It starts with 2-4 months of training followed by additional months of leading a project team, collecting and analyzing data, determining root causes, running a pilot, and implementing a solution. The results speak for themselves, with sizeable impacts to … Read more

This month’s newsletter is one in a series about individuals working in continuous improvement. Each LSS practitioner gets to share their journey in CI and some lessons learned. This month I spoke with Ryan Johnson, a LSS Black Belt with CoorsTek, a privately owned manufacturer of technical ceramics for aerospace, automotive, chemical, electronics, medical, metallurgical, … Read more

This month’s newsletter is one in a series about individuals working in continuous improvement. Each LSS practitioner gets to share their journey in CI and some lessons learned. This month I spoke with Will McDade.  Over the course of his career, he’s led Continuous Improvement initiatives at three different companies: Amerimax, Dr Pepper, and Interstate … Read more

Alberto Yanez has worked in continuous improvement for 34 years. The last 17 of those years were at TMAC. He is retiring on January 31. He’s been an invaluable member of our LSS Team. We wouldn’t be here today without his hard work. His passion for continuous improvement and customer focus are well known by … Read more

2024 was another busy year for TMAC’s Lean Six Sigma Program. In January I partnered with Chris Meeks to deliver our Lean 101 workshop for Fresh Pets. This pet food company is growing by leaps and bounds (pun intended) and Chris has been instrumental in helping them improve quality and productivity. I also was fortunate … Read more