Archive for August, 2008

Congratulations Vermeer!

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Thought I’d give a shout-out today to a local Pella business, Vermeer Manufacturing, which is celebrating its 60th Anniversary of being in business this year.  There is all kinds of Vermeer celebration-related activity going on around town right now, and I also stumbled upon this article about their 60 years in business.
Vermeer probably became famous […]

Lest we forget…humans solve problems

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Great quote I just read in “Lean Enterprise Systems: Using IT for Continuous Improvement” authored by Steve Bell (I downloaded the pdf version, but can’t seem to remember from where right now):
“Society has reached the point where one can push a button and be immediately deluged with technical and managerial information. This is all very […]

Lean Technologies heading to Lean Manufacturing 2008

Monday, August 4th, 2008

…in Schaumburg, IL on October 6-8.  "Lean Tools for Maintenance & Reliability" is the tagline for the event.  Look for us at booth #112.  This is a first for Lean Tech, so we’ll see how it goes!  Should be a good opportunity to see how we can help people, as a lot of Lean Tech’s […]