Consistency 2 by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley When I think of Consistency, One-Piece-Flow always comes to mind. Our preprogrammed, or default nature is to batch things, and most of us think bigger batches are better than smaller batches, which is... Batch Flow One-Piece-Flow TOC Theory of Constraints
A Perfect Plan is a Myth by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley No matter the flag it flies or flew under, a planned Economy has never, does not and never will work. You can change the name, the logo, the vision statement, the mission statement and anything else y... Lean Planning Project Management TOC Theory of Constraints
To be, or not to be a Systemologist by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley When God gave Moses the law, he was providing a “System” that would enable the Hebrew people to cooperate so they could live and trade in the community. One of the really basic systems was how the tab... Lean Systemologist Systemology Systems TOC Theory of Constraints
Is your Company Attractive? by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley Building on my last post about Marketing (Never STOP Marketing), the same line of thought applies to Recruiting. Even when we are not in need of additional team members, we should always be looking fo...
Marketing = Good Cash Flow by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley Cash Flow is the lifeblood of business, and there is no better way to kill Cash Flow than to never market your business, to never sell your products and/or services. If you succeed in killing cash flo...
Big Batch Flow = Bad Cash Flow by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley I thought it providential that this was the featured quote that surfaced today (I have these charted our for several years, just in case you thought they were random). As some of you know, but many pr...
Goals Stand on the Shoulders of Systems by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley If there was ever a secret recipe (think 11 herbs and spices) for businesses that are made up of dependent events, I would think SYSTEMS would have to be the top candidate for the role of “Secret Reci...
Do It Anyway by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley Let’s stop getting ready to do the things we know we need to be doing, AND DO THEM! It feels odd to supplement a quote with a quote, but here we go: “The success gap is between ‘I should’ and ‘I did’....
Crafting Your Company by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley Are you as good at crafting your company as you are at crafting custom cabinetry? If this is an area you struggle with, or have ignored too long, please consider the just-released Custom Cabinet Plann...
Inefficient Efficiency by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley Peter Drucker’s clever arrangement of words just rolls off the tongue, and most of us would say Amen every time we hear it, but can you name the things you are doing with great efficiently that you sh...
Measurements Determine Behavior by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley There are so many directions a conversation about measurements can go, it’s hard to pick one. Add to that the fact that many of the measurements we use are irrational, and it makes it even harder to d...
Money, Money, Money-MONEY! by True32 Corporation, Bobbo Buckley If you have ever asked the question Martin Holland asks in his book, The Profit Problem , “They say I make money. So why don’t I have any?”, then this post is for you (if you are in the cabinet manufa...