Speaker Profile
WILLIAM LEVINSON
William A. Levinson, P.E., FASQ, CFPIM is the principal of Levinson Productivity Systems, P.C. He is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Manager, Reliability Engineer, and Six Sigma Black Belt, and the author of several books on quality, productivity, and management.
William Levinson
May 07 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Grok the Muda
Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land defines "Grok" as "To understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed" A parts changer follows the instruction manual; a mechanic groks the machine. Taiichi Ohno wrote, "To implement the Toyota production system in your own business, there must be a total understanding of waste". The purpose of this webinar is to teach attendees to id..
William Levinson
June 04 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Lose the Luddites
Luddism is the (usually) dysfunctional belief that automation eliminates jobs and results in unemployment. The truth is that automation and productivity improvements protect jobs by reducing the cost of the product or service to keep it competitive. Henry Ford, for example, made automobiles affordable to the middle class which actually created far more automotive jobs and jobs in supporting industries. It i..
William Levinson
August 13 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
How to Address ISO's New Climate Change Requirements
ISO 9001:2015's successor, and other ISO standards, will soon include clauses related to climate change. The good news is that, if your organization already has a process to address risks to continuity of operations, including risks associated with climate-driven weather events, it is probably doing most if not all of what it needs to do to meet the new requirements. It is however important to not divert su..
William Levinson
Recorded Webinar
90 Minutes
Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) and Root Cause Analysis
Recognize that CAPA is arguably the most important process in the quality management system because so much else depends on it. CAPA is used to handle not only poor quality (the traditional application) but also audit findings, customer complaints, and outputs of the management review. It can even be deployed against the other six Toyota production system wastes by treating them as "nonconformances" or, mor..
William Levinson
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Variation: Enemy of Productivity
Luck (variation) is no lady and Kismet (fortune) is no gentleman, at least not in product and service realization activities. Variation is a form of what General Carl von Clausewitz called friction: "the force that makes the apparently easy so difficult," and "countless minor incidents, combine to lower the general level of performance so that one always falls short of the intended goal." Variation can wrea..