Standards: Standard work is a key element of high-performing, consistent, and predictable operations. Focus on the critical few, those in greatest need of improvement
Category Archives: Manufacturing
Simplify for Excellence: Creating Value through Simplifying Support Functions
By applying an approach called Simplify for Excellence companies have reduced costs by 25% while increasing productivity by 62%.
Competitive Myopia: A Nearsighted View of the Competition
Companies suffer from competitive myopia when they define their competition too narrowly and acknowledge only direct and immediate competitors
Culture: Conflicts and Turf Wars
As companies grow they organize into “functions” and “silos”. Companies must ensure that their culture enables teams to get along well with each other.
Disruption: The curse of Competency Dependency
The curse of core compentency. When a competitor causes disruption, companies often limit decision-makers’ vision and which blinds them to other opportunities
Complacency – Success Breeds Failure | Business Culture
Complacency is the sense of security and comfort that derives from the belief that the business success that’s taken place in the past will continue indefinitely.
Management Consulting Firms – It’s time to switch
WGA is currently offering new clients an outstanding offer, good thru November 30, 2015. 15%-30% off competitors’ pricing for new and existing projects.
Arrogance – Pride before the fall | Business Culture
When companies rise to excellence, they often unwittingly develop self-destructive habits that eventually undermine their success. Just as with people, such habits are learned and not innate parts of their business culture. Sometimes they get worse over time, and thus become addictions; however, they can be broken and overcome
OEE: The perils of pervasive poor performance
OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Developing an impactful and enduring manufacturing operations recovery strategy through OEE Segmentation.
Is the White House’s Open Data Strategy Working for Energy?
Is the #Whitehouse open data Energy strategy working?