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Category: Travel

Denver and the World of Water Treatment

By Frank Posted on November 3, 2013 Posted in Consulting, Process, Software & Programming, Travel Tagged with Denver, p&id, process, training, Water Treatment

Last week I mentioned that I would be traveling to Denver to do some work in a field I am not so familiar with. Well, I returned yesterday after what I would consider a very successful and interesting trip. The …

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Genba

By Frank Posted on July 28, 2013 Posted in Consulting, Lean Manufacturing, Travel Tagged with Gemba, Genba, Japan, Lean

Have you ever been to Genba? Let me take you to a mystical, wonderful land that far too many people overlook in their travels. Genba is a Japanese word that means “the actual (or the real) place”. To understand a …

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Automation Fair

By Frank Posted on November 11, 2012 Posted in The Book, Travel, Vendors and Manufacturers Tagged with vendors

As part of my picture-collecting for the book I decided to attend the Allen-Bradley Automation Fair again this year. I have attended the last few years in Orlando, Chicago and Nashville; this year it was in Philadelphia. There are always …

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Lessons of Automation Part I

By Frank Posted on January 1, 2012 Posted in Guest Posts, Machine Builders and Integrators, Travel Tagged with history, travel

Since I am out of the country for a few weeks I am featuring some writing from Doug Alward, Applications Engineer from Wright Industries. I have prepared these excerpts from the introduction to Doug’s book ahead of time; as you …

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Legacy – The Tower

By Frank Posted on December 8, 2011 Posted in Me, Travel, Website Tagged with travel

I just finished reading a free e-book from Chris Guillebeau’s website “The Art of Non-Conformity“. Chris is a motivational guy who really has a unique take on life and how we don’t always need to conform to what others think …

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