Making People – The Heart of Operational Excellence

by Jim Logan This month’s article is by Jim Logan, a TMAC customer who has worked in a variety of manufacturing industries including automotive, aerospace, oil & gas, medical devices, and high-precision semiconductor equipment. While he has primarily worked in management over the past 15 years, he is equally adept in a technical setting. Jim … Read more

How Lean Six Sigma Helped Me Make Sense of Quality Data

by Marcia Garcia Rios When I started working in quality management at a medical device company a couple of years ago, I thought my job was mostly about optimizing equipment settings, adjusting production lines, and writing long protocols. I pictured myself tweaking machines, running experiments, and making processes more efficient. But what I quickly realized … Read more

Customer Spotlight: Allison Madewell, Uber Freight

This month’s newsletter article is one in a series about individuals working in continuous improvement. Each LSS practitioner gets to share their journey in CI and lessons learned. This month I spoke with Allison Madewell, a LSS Black Belt with Uber Freight, formerly Transplace. She completed Black Belt training in 2022 and is currently a … Read more

The Power of Small: Developing People Through the LSS Yellow Belt

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

Customer Spotlight: Ryan Johnson, CoorsTek

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

Customer Spotlight: Will McDade, Interstate Batteries

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

Retirement Musings: Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in CI

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