5S Methodology in Lean Manufacturing: The US Plant Floor Playbook 5S is the single most-deployed Lean tool in US manufacturing, and also the single most-abandoned. The initial launch is easy: a weekend event, operators labeling tool boards, red-tagging unused items,...
Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma: The 2026 Guide for US Plant Managers Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma have been the dominant operational improvement frameworks in US manufacturing for three decades. The Toyota Production System that gave birth to Lean in the 1950s;...
MMTS 2026: Why Quebec Aerospace, Food and Automotive Manufacturers Need Lightweight OEE Quebec’s manufacturing economy accounts for roughly one-quarter of the province’s GDP and employs close to half a million people across the region. Three sectors...
MMTS 2026 Visitor Guide — 7 Live Demos at TeepTrak Booth #421 Planning your visit to the Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show 2026 on May 11 and 12? If OEE monitoring, OPC UA integration, or plug-and-play industrial IoT is on your evaluation list, Booth #421 is...
How Operations Consultants Evaluate MES and OEE Vendors for Client Recommendations Operations consultants at top-tier firms evaluate dozens of MES and OEE vendors every year. Some evaluations are formal RFPs run on behalf of enterprise clients; most are informal...
The Stellantis, Alstom, Hutchinson Client Pattern Behind TeepTrak Adoption The early TeepTrak client list includes names that do not usually appear on a young industrial software startup’s reference page. Essilor — the global leader in ophthalmic optics, now...
How Consultants Integrate a 48-Hour OEE POC Into a LEAN Engagement A LEAN engagement at a manufacturing client typically runs eight to twelve weeks. The first two weeks are diagnostic — plant walks, stakeholder interviews, historical data review. Weeks three to ten...
What 4 Years at BCG Taught Me About Designing the Right OEE System TeepTrak was born on a client site. Specifically, on an Essilor production line during a BCG continuous improvement mission around 2013. I had been a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group for about...
Why Top Strategy Consultants Recommend Lightweight OEE Over Full MES If you have spent any meaningful time in a BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Kearney or Roland Berger operations practice over the last five years, you have lived through the same pattern. A manufacturing client...
