Techam’s Forest Hett took lean thinking to the National Symposium — showing how finding and fixing bottlenecks builds better systems for people and communities, not just manufacturing floors.

Reactive operations don’t have time for kaizen — because they’re too busy fighting fires that kaizen would have prevented. Techam breaks down the firefighting trap and what it takes to build a lean culture that gets out of it.

Every manufacturer has problems. The ones that win are the ones that know how to solve them, systematically, at every level of the organization. Walk into most manufacturing operations and you'll find the same pattern: a problem surfaces, a supervisor puts out the fire, and everyone moves on. The root cause never gets found. The corrective action never gets verified. And three months later, the same problem is back; wearing a slightly different face. This is not a people prob

Optegrity and Techam are headed to Wichita for the KMS Manufacturing Meetup on September 22nd. If you're a manufacturer in the area, this one's worth your evening.

This year, Techam Solutions proudly celebrates 10 years in business—a decade of helping organizations improve how they operate, innovate, and grow.