Lean Management, G7, Social Media, Ebola, and a variety of upcoming programs are covered in this week's "Hotline."
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LEAN Meetings
Over the next several weeks, our Lean Groups in Kansas City and Dallas will meet to further explore this management tool and how to effectively use it in our industry.
Kansas City - On October 30th, members will meet at Boelte-Hall from 11:00 am. To 1:00 p.m. to share members' experiences with three important lean tools - A3 Report; Gemba Walk; and SMED. Members are encouraged to come and share experiences and learn from others who have used these tools and how they worked. Contact Teresa Campbell to reserve a seat.
Dallas/Fort Worth - The DFW group will meet on November 13th to exchange ideas on Lean implementation and the various Lean Tools which can be used. The meeting will be held at Olmsted-Kirk Paper Company's headquarters from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Contact Dave Pierson for more information.
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Guide To Print Production V.13
IDEAlliance� has announced the release of Version 13 of "Guide to Print Production." This publication is a comprehensive review of critical standards and best practices in print production, including GRACoL�, SWOP�, and G7�.
As with the earlier SWOP and GRACoL editions, this booklet describes the proper procedures and suggested techniques for reproducing a creative concept-image or information-on a targeted print media. The 60-page guide is available from IDEAlliance.
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Social Media Do and Don'ts for Business
The Internet is flooded with advice on what you should and shouldn't do in social media. Here are eight (more) pieces of advice from these experts on what to stop doing with social media. Read this article from Visual Media Alliance.
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Ebola -- Here?
The news media has been running around North Texas on a 24-hour watch looking for the next "victim" of Ebola, and the rest of us are still in a state of shock wondering how that disease was able to cross the Atlantic and show up in Texas. It's a sign of how our world is so inter-connected, which up to now was considered a good thing. Now the dark side has raised its head.
The fear of a pandemic has been getting a lot of news in the past few years (remember the bird flu?) and created a variety of media "Chicken Little's" running around. I don't want to demean this virus - it is serious stuff; but we need to keep our heads right and not over react. We need to remember that the case(s) in Dallas is the FIRST-EVER in North America, and the medical community is working hard to make it right. Did they get it perfect? Nope, but if we can get past the finger-pointing and second-guessing, we'll see the professionals are working hard as ever to protect the public.
There is one thing all of us can do to help our community - educate ourselves about the disease. Here's information from PIA's Jim Kyger which is worthwhile sharing with fellow employees.
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You Can't Do It All
Lots of managers measure their importance by the number of direct reports they have. But these same managers are often spread so thin that they can't pay enough individual attention to their employees, or perform their other responsibilities capably. Smart leaders follow the Rule of Seven: don't manage more than seven people, maximum. If you find yourself trying to supervise more than that, look for ways to reorganize your group - perhaps by delegating some management tasks to indiviudals with leadership potential.
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