Thomas R. Cutler

President and CEO, author

Thomas R. Cutler is the President and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based, TR Cutler Inc., celebrating its 21st year. Cutler is the founder of the Manufacturing Media Consortium including more than 8000 journalists, editors, and economists writing about trends in manufacturing, industry, material handling, and process improvement. Cutler authors more than 1,000 feature articles annually regarding the manufacturing sector. More than 4,500 industry leaders follow Cutler on Twitter daily at @ThomasRCutler. Contact Cutler at trcutler@trcutlerinc.com.

Wed, 03/16/2022 - 15:30
Managing Technical Documents Less is more.
Mon, 03/19/2007 - 22:00
More than 13 hours per week creating documents and nearly seven hours per week organizing documents are common among small and midsize engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturers; four hours per week are spent managing document routing and another 10…
Creating the Lean Dairy Plant Reducing water and energy waste
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
Dairy plants are among the heaviest users of municipal water in the United States, using two gallons of water for every gallon of consumer product produced. The clean-in-place (CIP) systems that daily wash and sanitize every truck, tank, pipe and…
Creating the Lean Dairy Plant Reducing water and energy waste
Mon, 02/19/2007 - 22:00
Dairy plants are among the heaviest users of municipal water in the United States, using two gallons of water for every gallon of consumer product produced. The clean-in-place (CIP) systems that daily wash and sanitize every truck, tank, pipe and…
Lean Human Resources High-quality hiring practices
Mon, 01/29/2007 - 22:00
The hiring practices of manufacturing companies have become increasingly lean. The old processes of advertising, screening, interviewing, hiring and training are riddled with waste; it’s both too expensive and extremely time-consuming. The hiring…
Lean Human Resources High-quality hiring practices
Mon, 01/29/2007 - 22:00
The hiring practices of manufacturing companies have become increasingly lean. The old processes of advertising, screening, interviewing, hiring and training are riddled with waste; it’s both too expensive and extremely time-consuming. The hiring…
Six Sigma and the Engineer-to-Order Manufacturer
Tue, 10/17/2006 - 22:00
In a repetitive manufacturing environment, Six Sigma’s quantification is much easier than in the engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, where no two products are identical. Six Sigma is a program that affects the entire company. What…
Six Sigma and the Engineer-to-Order Manufacturer
Tue, 10/17/2006 - 22:00
In a repetitive manufacturing environment, Six Sigma’s quantification is much easier than in the engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, where no two products are identical. Six Sigma is a program that affects the entire company. What…
The Lean Frontier Industrial customer relationship management
Mon, 09/11/2006 - 22:00
The tagline to the 1989 film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" was “The Enterprise is back. This time, have they gone too far?” With up to 10 years of continued process improvements on the plant floor, and in back office and distribution operations…
Quality Distribution in Manufacturing A lean, transparent process
Mon, 08/21/2006 - 22:00
The key to quality throughput within a warehouse, especially in a high-speed/high-volume environment, is the ability to move a carton into and out of a pick zone expeditiously.When a warehouse control system (WCS) doesn’t process the information…
Compliance for Food Manufacturers Challenges and lean solutions
Tue, 07/04/2006 - 22:00
HR Nicholson Co., “pioneers in the juice industry,” has operated for nearly a century. The company has grown from 45 employees to 75 employees in just the past six years. The family-owned, Baltimore-based manufacturing and distribution company…