Conn-Selmer still on Strike

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WNDU-TV: News Story: Conn-Selmer cuts pay and benefits of employees on strike – April 07, 2006

It's been more than two weeks, but the Conn-Selmer plant is still on strike, partly as a result of their failed lean effort it seems. As someone pointed out earlier, it's not ALL of Conn-Selmer that is struggling with lean. Apparently there are good examples, but this plant in question makes low-end “Bach” instruments, which apparently have some different financial pressures. If you click on my earlier post, you see some interesting comments from apparent Bach insiders.

Bill Waddell sent me this article about Gibson Guitar, a company that is doing lean well in the music instruments industry.

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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

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  1. Check Sunday’s South Bend Tribune Emplyment section, and you’ll find an ad for Conn-Selmer’s job fair. Openings in buffing, soldering, final assembly and finish, machine operator, plating, maintenance, tool & die and warehousing.

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