Commitment #9, a focus on keeping things straightβ¦ 10 COMMITMENTS No ShortcutsWe will teach you the safe way, provide you safe equipment, fix it when it breaks. Do it right and safe. Safety FreezeWatch out for others, guide and teach βrookies,β hold others accountable for safe practices. On Time and Quick StartBe there, start timely. […]
This “lean” effort we are making carries with it a need to implement change. Thus, a tension we must manage internally is that change is not naturally embraced by most folks. Satisfied with a good result, we don’t want to resist a safe result to get a better result. Thus, rather than earnestly and continually […]
The PalletOne Board of Directors was in Bartow for its quarterly meeting and an annual budget review. Among the activities was a plant tour of the Bartow facility. Bartow, like all of you, has been engaged in “lean” activities. The plant looks good. We should offer plant tours all we can. Whether customers, vendors, public […]
Some of the best “lean” efforts I have seen involve straightening and reorganizing our outside spaces. I was in Siler City on Monday. It is one of our largest facilities housing a sawmill, a pallet plant and a recycling operation. It sprawls over 50 acres. I’ve been to the plant on a regular basis for […]
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If you ever watched the classic movie The Godfather, you might remember this quote: βIf your car could take me to the airport, Mr. Corleone is a man who ins...
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βDefine yourself by what you love.β β Tim Minchin
I recently watched a commencement address by Australian comedian Tim Minchin at the University of Western Australia, where he shared nine unc...
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Franklin Roosevelt was stricken with polio when he was in his late 30s. He lost the use of his legs overnight, never to regain it.
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I listened to a discussion on the importance of high-character leadership to a companyβs success and learned some interesting insights. Read more below.
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