by GO Productivity | Jan 14, 2021 | Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
EIGHT PROVEN ACTIONS to increase profitability by reducing wastes, and improving productivity. Productivity improvements can begin in very simple ways. Look for activities that waste time and resources. Find ways to remove clutter and improve process that will save...
by GO Productivity | Jan 29, 2020 | ARC, Collaboration, Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity, Success Stories
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by GO Productivity | Jan 28, 2020 | Ideas and Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Your Voice, Our 2020 Goals We’d like to take a moment to highlight some of the great work done in the last year by our clients. Several organizations did group strategic planning sessions to establish clear goals and projects that will help their...
by GO Productivity | Jan 21, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Welcome back to the 5th installment of our Book Club. Part 5: Deploying Lean Six Sigma Continuing our read of the book: Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and Martin-Brenig Jones, we are now continuing onto Part 5 of the book which consists...
by GO Productivity | Jan 16, 2020 | Innovation, Leadership, Management, Operations, Productivity
Now that the 2010’s are behind us, entering 2020 we see a new decade brimming of growth, opportunity, and increased productivity. However we also expect there to be many factors that may have many organizations feeling uncertain about which direction to go to to...
by GO Productivity | Jan 16, 2020 | Innovation, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Your competitive advantage is what sets your organization apart from others. One of the ways to stand apart is to provide a unique value or to be the most cost-competitive and therefore the most productive. Traditionally when people have thought about...
by GO Productivity | Dec 19, 2019 | Innovation, Leadership, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity, Success Stories
All of us need a lot of support to ‘stay on the straight and narrow’ in life. But then again so do businesses, we are in fact just groups of people trying to solve a certain world need. We know that Lean is an improvement methodology with rigour and flexibility that...
by GO Productivity | Dec 17, 2019 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Welcome back to the fourth installment of our Book Club. Part 4: Improving the Process Continuing our read of the book: Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and Martin-Brenig Jones, we are now continuing onto Part 4 of the book which consists...
by GO Productivity | Nov 25, 2019 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Welcome back to the third installment of our Book Club Part 3: Assessing Performance Continuing our read of the book: Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and Martin-Brenig Jones, we are now continuing onto Part 3 of the book which consists of...
by GO Productivity | Nov 25, 2019 | ARC, Innovation, Leadership, People, Productivity, Testimonials
A proud Albertan company Jandel Homes is a proud Albertan company that has been retailing modular homes all across the prairies [Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba], British Colombia and all over the Territories for over 45 years. Today, they are one of western...
by GO Productivity | Nov 4, 2019 | Alberta Construction, Collaboration, Innovation, Productivity
Collaborative projects and relationships are more successful, productive and open to innovation. But there are a lot of factors that improve or kill a collaborative culture and relationship. From GO Productivity’s perspective we see collaboration as important for...
by GO Productivity | Oct 22, 2019 | Lean Six Sigma, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Welcome back to the second installment of our Book Club Part 2: Working with Lean Six Sigma Continuing our read of the book: Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and Martin-Brenig Jones, we are now continuing onto Part 2 of the book which consists of Chapters 3...
by GO Productivity | Oct 8, 2019 | ARC, Ideas and Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Operations, People, Success Stories, Testimonials
It started with an ARC In 2016, GO Productivity delivered an ARC (Assessment, Road-map and Coaching) to Oakville Stamping & Bending. The ARC, as it traditionally does, looked at establishing a focused productivity and innovation plan to help support the business,...
by GO Productivity | Oct 7, 2019 | Leadership, Management, Operations, Production, Productivity
How you view job-related training at your company is a big determiner of how engaged your employees are, how they feel when they come to work, and how able your company is to tackle productivity improvement projects. If you see training as purely an expense item,...
by GO Productivity | Sep 25, 2019 | Collaboration, Innovation, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Production, Productivity, Testimonials
The ARC+ Engagement CAM Industrial is a regional leader in pallet racking supply and install. The CAM team took on an important and sizable task of standardizing some processes from front to back involving sales, design, project management and installation. With GO...
by GO Productivity | Sep 23, 2019 | Innovation, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Production, Productivity
Welcome to the first installment of our Book Club. This week we will be starting our first segment on the book: Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and Martin Brenig-Jones. This week we will touch upon Part 1: Getting Started With Lean Six Sigma, which will...
by GO Productivity | Sep 18, 2019 | Leadership, People
Structural Leadership Structural leaders tend to be analytical thinkers whose strengths lie in improvement through procedural changes. Their approach is measured and methodical, and as a result, Standard Operating Procedures and process details are their friends....
by GO Productivity | Sep 17, 2019 | Ideas and Creativity, Innovation, People, Productivity, Technology
With many new emerging technologies starting to take precedence, they can seem complicated and convoluted despite the potential advantages (and disadvantages) that they bring. Major companies are embracing the rapid pace of change and taking in these new...
by GO Productivity | Sep 3, 2019 | Alberta Construction, Collaboration, Communication, People
Collaborative Construction is a hot topic today. It involves breaking down the barriers between companies working together on a construction project. In a true collaborative contract, each party must be open, honest and share their true costs and contingency amounts....
by GO Productivity | Aug 26, 2019 | ARC, Collaboration, Ideas and Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Operations, People, Productivity, Success Stories
“Tomorrow, your job is to change the world into a better place. Today, your job is to see that everyone gets there.” ―Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky It’s very challenging balancing the hectic day-to-day demands of keeping your company afloat and...
by GO Productivity | Aug 25, 2019 | Innovation, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Production, Productivity
As Deming once said, “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” The Methodologies of Lean, Six Sigma, and the combination of the two (Lean Six Sigma) were born in the manufacturing sector, but...
by GO Productivity | Jul 25, 2019 | Innovation, Leadership, Management
There are but four words needed to capture what’s going on in the Canadian business environment: change, complexity, uncertainty, fear. There are two words, though, on which we need to focus during even the darkest of days that will get us over the hump...
by GO Productivity | Jul 25, 2019 | Leadership, Operations
Productivity improvement can be a hard sell in Alberta. When we talk to companies about what Lean can do for their business, we sometimes hear “Oh, Lean isn’t for us. We’re not a manufacturer” or “We’re busy so we’re doing fine.” It’s a common refrain. Especially if...
by GO Productivity | Dec 11, 2018 | ARC, Collaboration, Communication, Innovation, Leadership, Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, PAAD, People, Production, Productivity, Success Stories
GO Productivity is pleased to announce the release of our 2018 Annual Report. Please click the image below to read the 2018 Annual Report For a printable copy click here 2018 Annual Report
by GO Productivity | Dec 22, 2020 | Agile, Innovation, Lean Six Sigma, Operations, Technology
Dealing with Complexity makes us Stronger – with Lean, Agile and Digital Canadian manufacturers have an excellent reputation across the world for good business practices. We are also uniquely positioned to supply products to local markets. This includes all the...
by Team GO | Aug 10, 2020 | Communication, Process Improvement, Productivity
GO Productivity’s vision is for a thriving Canadian economy, and that means we need to work together during and after this pandemic to support and grow our fellow Canadian businesses. We can help: Meet (online) with one of our Productivity advisors to think...
by GO Productivity | May 12, 2020 | Ideas and Creativity, Innovation, Operations, People, Production, Productivity, Success Stories, Testimonials
It’s amazing how companies have been stepping up to help during this COVID-19 crisis. Here’s a great story of Albertans standing up to meet a need during this pandemic. Situated in Northeastern Alberta, Goodfish Lake Business Corporation is 100%...
by GO Productivity | May 5, 2020 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Process Improvement, Production, Productivity
Here is DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION TO DMAIC DMAIC is a data-driven improvement cycle or framework that breaks down problem solving into five steps as shown in the below diagram. Each step has key activities and tools/templates used to set up and execute a...
by Scott Penner | Apr 30, 2020 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Process Improvement, Productivity
What is Value Stream Mapping and how can you use it to improve your business? Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is perhaps one of the most powerful tools available within the Lean toolbox. However, if you are not a low-mix, high-volume manufacturer, does VSM...
by GO Productivity | Apr 30, 2020 | Ideas and Creativity, People, Productivity
Four Steps to Build a Culture of Team Resiliency for the Post-COVID Workplace This crisis is surreal. There is no roadmap or clear timeline for returning to normal. What will “normal” even look like? But there is also room for hope. Our civilization is...
by GO Productivity | Apr 23, 2020 | Communication, Leadership, Management, Operations, Productivity
Which style did you choose and how can you improve? We’ve seen when managers are not leaders. We’ve also seen leaders that are individual contributors. Leadership is a choice. Napoleon Bonaparte famously said: “Every corporal carries...
by Scott Penner | Apr 17, 2020 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, Production, Productivity
What is Lean? Many times leaders can feel that their team members have plenty good ideas but lack focus, or that some processes feel too clunky and inefficient. Have you ever asked “There’s got to be a better way?” Or perhaps you’ve heard of Lean before...
by GO Productivity | Apr 17, 2020 | Lean Six Sigma, Management, Operations, People, Production, Productivity
Welcome back to GO Productivity’s Book Club 6th Installment. Part 6: The Part of Tens Welcome back to GO Productivity’s Book Club 6th installment and our final review of the book Lean Six Sigma for Dummies by John Morgan and...
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