Keynote speaker says leadership by example is the key to sustaining a culture of continuous improvement.

Continuous improvement in manufacturing has been on Bruce Hamilton’s mind for many years.

Manufacturers vigorously seek out best practices because they can improve metrics, such as stock price, sales and profitability. There’s only one problem: Best practices are the actions that solved yesterday’s problems.

PORTLAND, OR—Graphic Products Inc. is hosting a webinar, “5S Best Practices” today, Oct. 24, 1 p.m. Eastern time.

HAGERSTOWN, MD—It’s often said that if you really want to find ways to improve your business, ask an employee. At the Volvo truck assembly plant here, employee suggestions have yielded “significant savings.”

An $800 million investment brings a legendary assembly complex back to life.

You can’t manage what you can’t measure.