Yes, You CAN Compete with Low-Wage Countries!

My latest book shows you how...

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

My new book It's About Time is your best introduction to QRM -- it covers the four core principles, has the latest developments, and at the same time it is a quick read. More info..

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!

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.

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Recent and Upcoming Events

Here are upcoming events featuring me as a speaker. Also listed 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:

    Introduction to QRM (One-day Workshop)

May 3, 2012  Minneapolis Area

May 8, 2012  Dayton, Ohio

May 29, 2012 Ghent, Belgium

May 31, 2012 Leuven, Belgium

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    Using Manufacturing Critical-path Time
    (MCT) to Improve Your Internal Operations
    and Your Supply Chain (Half-day)

March 1, 2012 Chicago Area

May 7, 2012  Dayton, Ohio

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    Introduction to QRM (Half-day)

May 23, 2012  Vejle, Denmark

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    European Conference on QRM

June 4-7, 2012  Arnhem, Netherlands

(Includes Tutorials on June 4th, Presentations on June 5th-6th, and
Factory Tours on June 7th)

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    Keynote Speech at "ERP Days" Event

June 14, 2012  Aachen, Germany

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    How to Implement QRM
   (Two-day Hands-on Workshop)

July 17-18, 2012  Madison, Wisconsin

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Other workshops from the recent past:

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    Implementing Quick Response in
    Office Operations (One-day)

November 4, 2011  Groningen, Netherlands

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    Introduction to POLCA (Half-day)

October 20, 2011  Ghent, Belgium