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! 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 links for details:

  How to Implement QRM (Two-days)

October 6-7, 2014  Utrecht, Netherlands

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  Introduction to QRM (One-day Workshop)

Sept 30, 2014  Paris CDG Airport, France

October 9, 2014  Ghent, Belgium

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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:

    "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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  Introduction to QRM (One-day Workshop)

May 20, 2014  Frankfurt, Germany

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  Conference: QRM Intro & Case Studies
     Workshop: QRM in Mfg. & Office

May 27-28, 2014  Warsaw, Poland

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    Introduction to QRM (One-day Workshop)

Past locations have included
- Minneapolis, MN
- Bloomington, IL
- Joliet, IL
- Vejle, Denmark

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Additional workshop topics include:

    Introduction to POLCA (Half-day)

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

    How to Use Manufacturing Critical-Path
    Time (MCT) to Improve Your Operations
    and Supply Chain (Half-day)