On the Shoulders of Giants Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/on-the-shoulders-of-giants On The Shoulders of Giants is a show by Max Krug and Dave Griffith discussing Operational Excellence. Operational Excellence focuses on achieving breakthrough results by establishing alignment throughout an organization. Breakthrough means MASSIVE CHANGE, the kind that will totally reshape an organization. If you only want to get 5% better, this show is not for you! We discuss TQM, TOC, Lean, Six Sigma, as well as other tools and methods to find those breakthrough results. Our goal is to share tools that work in the real world along with customer stories to empower your organization. Operational Excellence works across all organizations and all industries. If you want to learn more visit: ManufacturingHub.live © 2025 Dave Griffith & Max Krug a14c36cd-6953-5bdd-b527-26ede627b0bf no en Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:09:27 -0500 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:31:24 -0500 http://ManufacturingHub.live https://img.transistor.fm/enWqY-Wq_-X8pFDnTfPYYuO9aSyStL2fAivkRvg9MU4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3MDgxLzE2NDky/MzY5OTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg On the Shoulders of Giants http://ManufacturingHub.live episodic Dave Griffith & Max Krug On The Shoulders of Giants is a show by Max Krug and Dave Griffith discussing Operational Excellence. Operational Excellence focuses on achieving breakthrough results by establishing alignment throughout an organization. Breakthrough means MASSIVE CHANGE, the kind that will totally reshape an organization. If you only want to get 5% better, this show is not for you! We discuss TQM, TOC, Lean, Six Sigma, as well as other tools and methods to find those breakthrough results. Our goal is to share tools that work in the real world along with customer stories to empower your organization. Operational Excellence works across all organizations and all industries. If you want to learn more visit: ManufacturingHub.live On The Shoulders of Giants is a show by Max Krug and Dave Griffith discussing Operational Excellence. Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma Dave Griffith & Max Krug No No Ep. 9 | Synchronous Management 9 9 Ep. 9 | Synchronous Management full 5fd055b3-fddc-4504-a577-45041b8039a9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/79e4ff22 Sat, 21 May 2022 08:58:56 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 4502 Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 8 | Big Feet, Little Feet, all about feet. 8 8 Ep. 8 | Big Feet, Little Feet, all about feet. full 43d3d931-2de2-4556-a5ed-3719aa6cdaa2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b9b54907 What is a bigfoot and how to stop them in their tracks

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]]> Wed, 04 May 2022 11:29:04 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 2180 Find Max: Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/ Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/ Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC | Find Max: Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/ Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/ Lean | Six Sigma | TQM | TOC | Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 7 | What is Theory of Constraints? 7 7 Ep. 7 | What is Theory of Constraints? full 8018f6f5-5285-438f-b334-cf3e875edeaa https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3542691 We talk about:
What is the Theory of Constraints?
How to implement TOC? 
Pareto Principals, and more!

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

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What is the Theory of Constraints?
How to implement TOC? 
Pareto Principals, and more!

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:22:15 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 3159 We talk about:
What is the Theory of Constraints?
How to implement TOC? 
Pareto Principals, and more!

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 6 | The Min Max system is fatally flawed. 6 6 Ep. 6 | The Min Max system is fatally flawed. full 9b6990ae-f52d-4d52-9802-9c5b52ebebfe https://share.transistor.fm/s/48cbf15e We talk about:

Inventory
Min/Max System and how it's flawed
How to manage inventory for retail
Plus how to target inventory levels and adjust for time.

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> We talk about:

Inventory
Min/Max System and how it's flawed
How to manage inventory for retail
Plus how to target inventory levels and adjust for time.

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:01:00 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 2700 If you're using the Min/Max system to order, you're setting yourself up for failure. If you're using the Min/Max system to order, you're setting yourself up for failure. Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 5 | What is Necessary & Sufficient? 5 5 Ep. 5 | What is Necessary & Sufficient? full 25a57291-4dd2-4cd5-ab79-2b37ad561074 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c42defd5 Understanding Necessary and Sufficient

Why it's not as easy as it sounds.

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

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Why it's not as easy as it sounds.

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:00:00 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 1692 What is Necessary & Sufficient? Do the concepts sound too easy for people to get correct? What is Necessary & Sufficient? Do the concepts sound too easy for people to get correct? Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 4 | Who are the Giants? Deming and beyond. 4 4 Ep. 4 | Who are the Giants? Deming and beyond. full 866d2641-7757-4b92-9711-d6a538291928 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fe62d60d Where did we come up with the show name?

Dr. Goldratt's Standing on the shoulders of giants.

Dr. Deming's 14 points and everything that come from it...

What is culture and how can we change it? 

Leadership buy-in and what questions new employees should ask. 

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Where did we come up with the show name?

Dr. Goldratt's Standing on the shoulders of giants.

Dr. Deming's 14 points and everything that come from it...

What is culture and how can we change it? 

Leadership buy-in and what questions new employees should ask. 

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

Lean |  Six Sigma  | TQM  | TOC  | 

]]> Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:45:23 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 2652 Dr. Deming's 14 points and everything that come from it... Dr. Deming's 14 points and everything that come from it... Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 3 | Getting More with what you Have 3 3 Ep. 3 | Getting More with what you Have full af630a2f-d725-415b-ae87-bd31e94604fb https://share.transistor.fm/s/4dea9602 Productivity - Getting more with the resources that you have.

Not using resources correctly. 

What is a Design Sprint?

How do we sustain results?

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

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Not using resources correctly. 

What is a Design Sprint?

How do we sustain results?

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:23:12 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 2290 Productivity - Getting more with the resources that you have. Productivity - Getting more with the resources that you have. Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep.2 | The One Rule 2 2 Ep.2 | The One Rule full 2d9b6c0c-e9be-45be-a56f-fc89545d606e https://share.transistor.fm/s/cc7a63bf What is improved productivity? 

How can we make sure that we are not sub-optimizing? 

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

]]> What is improved productivity? 

How can we make sure that we are not sub-optimizing? 

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:45:37 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 1741 What is the only rule? We follow the rules. Let's talk about rules, productivity, suboptimization, and more! What is the only rule? We follow the rules. Let's talk about rules, productivity, suboptimization, and more! Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No Ep. 01 | System Thinking ~ How Max and Dave Got Here 1 1 Ep. 01 | System Thinking ~ How Max and Dave Got Here full 1606a41a-a1ff-4407-a617-ce5fb3961786 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7f3356f7 Theory of Constraints: https://www.tocinstitute.org/theory-of-constraints.html

Max on Manufacturing Hub:  https://www.manufacturinghub.live/guests/max-krug

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

]]> Theory of Constraints: https://www.tocinstitute.org/theory-of-constraints.html

Max on Manufacturing Hub:  https://www.manufacturinghub.live/guests/max-krug

Find Max: 
Future State Engineering: https://futurestateengineering.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxkrug/

Find Dave: Dave-Griffith.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegriffith23/

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:28:53 -0400 Dave Griffith & Max Krug Dave Griffith & Max Krug 1725 How did Max and Dave get to System Thinking? Plus let's talk about breakthrough improvement. How did Max and Dave get to System Thinking? Plus let's talk about breakthrough improvement. Technology, Theory of Constraints, Manufacturing, Industrial, Lean, Six Sigma No