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Have you stopped and read ISO 55000, particularly ISO 55002 7.5.3.g? Here is what it says: The alignment of information requirements for...

I saw a commercial the other day for this “all in one” entertainment station, where you plug it into a television’s HDMI port, and now...

I am in a blogging rut. I am not finishing the blogs that I have started. I am struggling to thoroughly finish getting thoughts written...

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My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...

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What does doing more with less mean to you? If measured with a rigid denominator within a rate, we simply would answer that we must...

I want you to imagine a collection of spare parts for a manufacturing facility. In this facility, spare parts have been traditionally...

I have been rethinking what an asset is in a variety of contexts. Historically, I have rigidly treated the definition of an asset as...

With the end of the year coming, there are a variety of staples that seem to exist year after year in the manufacturing world. We...

A quote I remember a mentor of mine said years ago was, if you find yourself bored, just wait 5 more minutes, something will blow up. Of...

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Recently I have been researching for examples of problem-solving that have gone wrong. I wanted to understand specific examples, some of...

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Years ago, I got into a spirited discussion with a colleague about a quality measurement he wanted each production unit to use within all...

A statistic I came across the other day indicates that 6.3 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States in 2020. Combine...