On the Shoulders of Giants: Recent Episodes
Dave Griffith & Max Krug
On The Shoulders of Giants is a show by Max Krug and Dave Griffith discussing Operational Excellence. Operational Excellence focuses on achieving breakthrough results by establishing alignment throughout an organization.
Breakthrough means MASSIVE CHANGE, the kind that will totally reshape an organization. If you only want to get 5% better, this show is not for you!
We discuss TQM, TOC, Lean, Six Sigma, as well as other tools and methods to find those breakthrough results.
Our goal is to share tools that work in the real world along with customer stories to empower your organization.
Operational Excellence works across all organizations and all industries.
If you want to learn more visit: ManufacturingHub.live
We talk about:
What is the Theory of Constraints?
How to implement TOC?
Pareto Principals, and more!
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC |
We talk about:
Inventory
Min/Max System and how it's flawed
How to manage inventory for retail
Plus how to target inventory levels and adjust for time.
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC |
Understanding Necessary and Sufficient
Why it's not as easy as it sounds.
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC |
Where did we come up with the show name?
Dr. Goldratt's Standing on the shoulders of giants.
Dr. Deming's 14 points and everything that come from it...
What is culture and how can we change it?
Leadership buy-in and what questions new employees should ask.
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC |
Productivity - Getting more with the resources that you have.
Not using resources correctly.
What is a Design Sprint?
How do we sustain results?
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
What is improved productivity?
How can we make sure that we are not sub-optimizing?
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/
Theory of Constraints: https://www.tocinstitute.org/theory-of-constraints.html
Max on Manufacturing Hub: https://www.manufacturinghub.live/guests/max-krug
Find Max:
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/
Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/