Setpoint Systems, Inc. is an open book company, which means we open our books to our employees. Every Monday at 1:00 pm we gather together to see how the prior week went financially. It’s been…
Open Book Management at Setpoint
Why Lean Automation?
I’ve been in the Industrial Automation business for over 15 years now and have seen quite a swing in the way manufacturers produce their products. About 12 years ago I was working for a major…
Going Beyond Mass Production to Lean Systems
How are you going to take your business into the future? How will you compete with price-cutting competitors? How will you reduce overhead costs and increase profits? Every business struggles with these same questions. The…
Lean Thinking in Industrial Automation
Begin by determining what is valuable to the customer from their perspective. The next step is to map out all necessary steps to achieve the value stream. Then make sure the parts flow through the…
Using Creative Thinking for Inventions & Problem Solving
I just finished the book “Da Vinci and the 40 Answers” by Mark Fox which is not about Leonardo Da Vinci but is about creative thinking in the process of invention and problem solving. I…