What makes manufacturing essential to the future of American prosperity? Check out the industry's impact on R&D, international competition and rewarding employment.

Driving economic and national security from the NAM

Reduce accidents and ill health and increase productivity by fitting the task to the worker. Understanding workplace ergonomics will allow your team to work more efficiently and reduce health problems.

Understanding ergonomics at work from the Health and Safety Executive

Leaders of iSixSigma's best places to work put in their advice for succeeding with Six Sigma and achieving cultural change. 


The most desirable work environment from iSixSigma

• Musculoskeletal injury
• Slips
• Falls
• Falling objects
• Machinery

Common causes of injury in the food industry account for a quarter of all manufacturing accidents each year. The Health and Safety Executive offer ways to tackle these issues.

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Reducing costs. Eliminating waste. Get more from less. Sound familiar? Understanding the seven wastes is the most basic step in implementing a lean strategy at your workplace.

Eliminate waste. Reduce costs. Add value.

Prevent mistakes and problems with the fishbone diagram. A visually organized display of asking why often helps a team come to the root cause of error. Save yourself the time and money dealing with mistakes and check it out.

Fishbone from ISixSigma.

Thank you for taking the time to read the February
2009 edition of the Peerless Probrief! We welcome your comments and questions and hope that you will forward this to anyone that may find the information valuable. 

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Jill Murphy
Marketing Coordinator

Peerless, Inc.