THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER WAY

We have all heard a version the old joke where a lost tourist asks an old man at the side of the road for directions to a town. After...

Since Lean Thinking became popular in 1990s many industries have applied its practical cost saving methods. This includes the medical...

I often find myself getting a bit too worked up over stuff that is not an immediate threat to me. And I can tell from much of what I hear...

Medical devices are ingenious inventions. They are clever devices that improve people’s lives. Replacement joints or limbs allow people...

When you are time poor it can be difficult do new things or keep up with your field. We often give up trying to do new things or keeping...

Many people fear change, and this is even more pronounced in regulated medical product industries. One of the major reasons for this is...

Do you wonder why your management team spends an hour discussing what color to paint the reception area, but approves the next year’s...

How often have you been involved in a discussion in either the product development phase or later process troubleshooting and improvement...

I heard an interview with golf coach Karl Morris on sports radio recently. Karl works more on the psychology of playing golf than the...

John F Kennedy said “There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long-range risks of comfortable inaction”. One...

George Santayana stated that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Nowhere is this more evident than in the...

In 2002 US Secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld drew attention to the danger of unknown unknowns when answering a journalist’s questions...

Manufacturing support engineers spend much time trying to reduce defects and other operational problems. We are always looking for a...

Economist Paul Romer said in 2004 that ‘a crisis is a terrible thing to waste’. Now we are hearing many saying that we should strive to...

In recent years there has been considerable interest in improving the processes used to make medical devices and other similar materials....