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Foundation First: Products, Systems, Process & People w/ Bill Kaewert

The Manufacturing Executive · 25 Jul 2023 · 37m · Episode 163

What this episode covers

Bill Kaewert, CEO and CTO of Stored Energy Systems (Sens), explains why sales and marketing fail without a strong foundation of product, systems, processes, and people. He details the company's transition to lean production to reduce inventory and improve cash flow, and the implementation of worst-case analysis engineering to eliminate field failures in critical DC power systems. Kaewert also discusses managing organizational change, citing Metcalfe's Law, and the importance of onboarding new staff to preserve culture while integrating new ideas.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Stored Energy Systems, Gorilla 76, Lockheed Martin, EGSA, Infragard
Products
Sens
Also
Toyota Production System

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