Lessons Learned from Mount Stupid


I’ve been on numerous plants tours over the past few decades. Eventually the tour winds up in either the warehouse or stockroom or both. At some point, I’ll ask whether they’re tight on space and inevitably the answer will be something like “always”, or “we never have enough”, or the real killer “yes, but we…
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Members United Corporate Federal Credit UnionAnnual OPS Outlook Conference Albany Marriott (Albany, New York) October 16-18, 2006 XONITEK Corporation will participate in Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union’s (formerly Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union) OPS Outlook Conference. In addition to participating in the tradeshow for the event, Joseph F. Paris Jr., President of XONITEK, will present in…

I have been an entrepreneur and in business – nonstop – since 1985. And over the course of those 30-plus years, I have gained a lot of experience. But as the saying goes; “Experience is the most difficult teacher, she gives the test first and teaches the lesson after.” So I can say, with some…

“Lean Six Sigma Must Be a Waste of Energy” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society – Published in Lean Management Journal in May 2012. Download PDF

About the Podcast My guest today is Kevin Robinson, Managing Director of OPEX Performance Solutions Ltd and Toyota Alumni; having spent over 28 years at Toyota UK at the Deeside Engine Plant; starting as an Engineer in 1991 and working his way up the ranks until retiring as the General Manager of Manufacturing Operations. Rather…
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