If you need a local, trusted, and vetted consultant for Lean guidance, check out the MEP.   Contact your local office and invite them for a tour and a discussion to learn what might be available.  They will not charge you for the visit.  "The MEP National Network comprises the  National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership  (NIST MEP).  There are 51 MEP Centers located in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.  The Manufacturing Extension Partne

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) focuses on identifying losses in the factory. “The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place,” George Bernard Shaw.  Suggestions are an extremely effective way to uncover hidden losses in your factory.  But if they are not 100% reviewed, acknowledged, and acted upon, we are not only losing the great ideas but also killing the goose that laid the golden egg, as the desire to come up with new suggestions