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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How to Implement POLCA (2-day Workshop)

April 11-12, 2018  Madison, Wisconsin

I am not teaching this workshop but I will be a guest speaker on both days and also at the Reception on April 11th evening.

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QRM International Conference (4 days)

June 18-21, 2018  Eindhoven, Netherlands

I will be featured at several events during this conference.

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Introduction to QRM (Half-day workshop)

June 18, 2018  Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Introduction to MCT (Two-hour workshop)

June 19, 2018  Eindhoven, Netherlands

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How to Implement QRM (2-day Workshop)

July 17-18, 2018  Madison, Wisconsin

This "hands-on" workshop is conducted personally by me for the full two days.

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

October 3, 2017  Arnhem, The Netherlands

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

October 10, 2017  Ghent, Belgium

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  Introduction to QRM and MCT

October 17, 2017  Warsaw, Poland

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   Introduction to QRM (One Day Workshop)

October 11, 2016  Leuven, Belgium

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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

Other past locations have included
- Minneapolis, MN
- Bloomington, IL
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Utrecht, Netherlands

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Additional workshop topics include:

    Introduction to POLCA (Half-day)

    How to Implement QRM (Two-day)