New! On-line "Introduction to Quick Response Manufacturing"
Training Courses are now available! 

Two 30-minute on-line training courses provide an overview of QRM for managers and employees. More info...

New course promotional discounts available! Contact me for details...

Yes, You CAN Compete with Low-Wage Countries!

This book shows you how...

Quick Response Manufacturing is a strategy that enables companies to significantly improve their productivity and their competitive edge.

In this short video three company presidents explain how QRM enabled them to reduce their lead times by 70-80% and at the same time cut costs, allowing them to compete both locally and with low-wage countries, and to increase sales even during the recent recession!

See specific numbers for amazing results achieved
by four Midwest companies that implemented QRM.

My book It's About Time is a quick read and is your best introduction to QRM. More info...

Just published!  The Practitioner's Guide to POLCA

POLCA is a simple, yet highly effective, card-based visual control system for companies making high-mix, low-volume or custom products. This is the first book on POLCA. Read more...

Recently published: MCT Quick Reference Guide

MCT is a cutting-edge time-based metric that will give you a whole new way of approaching improvement projects! Read more about MCT and the latest publication on this topic...

What I Do

I am passionate about manufacturing -- specifically, about the importance of manufacturing competitiveness for a nation's success and long-term prosperity.

My passion led me to develop QRM, a company-wide strategy that has enabled manufacturing firms to significantly improve their competitiveness.

I introduced QRM over 15 years ago and have worked extensively with big and small companies in many industries.Here are the three main ways that I work with industry.

Using QRM, companies have significantly reduced their lead times, improved their quality and also cut product costs by 20-40%.

What is QRM and Why Did I Develop It?

Contact Me For More Info!

Please read more about QRM on this and other pages, and don't hesitate to contact me -- I truly enjoy working with companies to help them implement QRM and I would be happy to hear from you.

Contact me

Upcoming Events

Here are upcoming events featuring me as a speaker. Click on the dates for details:

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I am not teaching this workshop, but will be present as a Guest Speaker:

How to Implement QRM (Two-day workshop)

February 19-20, 2020  Madison, Wisconsin

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POLCA: The Production Control Strategy
for High-Mix, Low-Volume, and
Custom Production (One-day Workshop)

April 8, 2020  Madison, Wisconsin

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Introduction to QRM and MCT (One Day)

May 19, 2020  Bratislava, Slovakia

    (Contact me for more details)

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POLCA: The Production Control Strategy
for High-Mix, Low-Volume Companies
(Half-day Workshop)

May 27, 2020  Ghent, Belgium

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How to Use
Manufacturing Critical-path Time (MCT)
to Reduce Lead Time  (One-day Workshop)

September 15, 2020  Madison, Wisconsin

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  Events from the RECENT PAST:

Here are events from the recent past -- since I often return to the same venue, if any of these are near you, contact me for more information:

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    Implementing Quick Response in
    Office Operations (One-day Workshop)

April 28, 2015  Nice, France

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    "It's About Time!" Speech & Case Study
On the occasion of the publication of the French translation of my book

May 12, 2014  Paris, France

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Other past locations have included
- Minneapolis, MN
- Bloomington, IL
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Arnhem, Netherlands
- Warsaw, Poland

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Additional workshop topics include:

  Implementing Quick Response in
    Office Operations (One-day Workshop)

  Intro to QRM (Half-day Workshop)

  MCT: An Innovative Time-Based Metric for
     Improving Your Operations and Your
     Supply Chain (Half-day workshop)