Bill Greider
Breaking News: New Blue Lego Plane World Record Set at PTA Plastics
World record holders Liz Santiago, Kenia Colon, Nikolle Tavarez, Gina Greco and Joselyn Espinal with some old guy and Greg Thayer For...
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Bill Greider
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Lean Champion of the Month: Warren Austin, PTA Plastics
I love to highlight people who I work with that just consistently make me smile. Done properly, that's what the SPORT of continuous...
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Bill Greider
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Do-Storming and Moonshine Kaizen
The best way to create a culture of continuous improvement is to make the road as simple as possible! To engage everyone, I want my CI...
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Bill Greider
- Jul 6
- 3 min
Michael Smulders: Just Better Knowing Him
My lean consulting business has been keeping me working and thinking hard with a smile on my face for 10 years. My goal was to help small...
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Bill Greider
- Jun 22
- 3 min
LEAN is Inexplicable-Just Do It
Let me start with the fact that without a doubt, I am the world's absolute worst golfer. This guy is better than me. I am an...
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Bill Greider
- May 13
- 3 min
Respect for People equals a lot of Lego Airplanes!
My friends know I LOVE teaching a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt class as part of a program here in Connecticut called Skill Up for...
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Bill Greider
- Apr 6
- 3 min
PTA Plastics: the power of "Build Leaders then Cars"
I'm sure anyone who has attempted this lean thing has read or heard this famous Toyota quote. Don't know about you, it is definitely one...
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Bill Greider
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Lean is the community garden!
I have come to the conclusion that a lean strategy really is like building a garden. Winter in New England is almost done and my focus...
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Bill Greider
- Mar 23
- 3 min
The Genius is in the Simple!!
I'll never forget when I "finished" my certifications, watched all the Power Points, passed all the exams. I was now a certified lean/six...
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Bill Greider
- Feb 18
- 3 min
Ulbrich Steel: Putting Innovation Into Action
A couple of years ago, author and consultant Ken Cook penned what I consider a very well written & insightful article in The Hartford...
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Bill Greider
- Feb 9
- 2 min
"If you want results others don't get......
You need to be willing to do things others won't do." If I run my business like everyone else, then I can probably expect pretty much the...
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Bill Greider
- Feb 2
- 3 min
6S: Not quite as easy as it looks
Without a doubt, there are 2 lean "tools" that roll off the tongue, but are often very hard to pull off-kaizen and 6S (many use 5S)....
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Bill Greider
- Jan 19
- 3 min
LEAN is simply people LEARNING together
When you break it right down, LEAN is REALLY about PEOPLE learning together!! It really doesn't have to be much more complicated than...
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Bill Greider
- Jan 12
- 2 min
2022 Lean Goals: Start with 2 & Hit the Ground Running
The new sparkling year is always a time of renewed optimism and energy. More than any other year, hopefully we all had a chance over the...
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Bill Greider
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
Steer Clear of Whoville
If a process doesn't give a good result every time, the PROCESS needs to be changed. When we do root cause analysis, we do "5 Why" NOT "5...
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Bill Greider
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
"Excellence then is not an act, but a habit" (Aristotle)
Have you ever thought about just how pre-programmed and just how deeply ingrained our daily routines really are? Much of our comfort and...
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Bill Greider
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Competition: In the Mirror!
Who is your competition? Some lay in bed thinking about this. What are they doing? How do I keep my customers? Are they cutting prices?...
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Bill Greider
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
A3: Finding out who your leaders are!
One of the most satisfying benefits of a very strong A3 process is that you realize that leaders are being developed all over the...
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Bill Greider
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Leading with Humility: Moving from full-time Boss to full-time Coach
"He can take his and beat yours and then he can yours and beat his".........Bum Phillips, talking about Alabama football coaching great...
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Bill Greider
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Process Mapping: Problems with Hand-offs
One of the things I've noticed over the years is that hand-offs are a potential for problems. Obviously, on the football field, a botched...
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