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Here you will find a host of information providing insights into operational excellence
and innovation suitable for a range of industries and experience levels…
Renewal presents an opportunity to reflect on your organization’s progress and make adjustments to align with strategic objectives, and personal and professional growth.
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Pharmaceutical manufacturers continue to operate in an increasingly competitive environment, contending with issues that run the gamut from lost revenue from expired, patents, ballooning costs for new drug research and development, changes required by new regulations and other compliance mandates and...
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…discover the improvement opportunities in your service processes, in this discussion with Catherine Converset.
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Relaunching operations after Covid-19 is vital for the company and its employees as well as for the entire community.
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To consistently drive top-line growth, leaders must commit to a disciplined and creative focus on meeting today’s market challenges while strengthening capabilities for future competitive mastery. It’s a matter of keeping the core business running optimally without losing sight of what’s on the horizon—and being prepared for and open to “creative destruction.”
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This is the “green book” that started it all — the first book in English on JIT, written from the engineer’s viewpoint. Here is Dr. Shingo's classic industrial engineering rationale for the priority of process-based over operational improvements in manufacturing.
Read moreAt the heart of organizational growth, success, and survival is a balancing act. It’s a feat that requires leaders to […]
Read moreLean initiatives must be aligned towards the same objectives, in order to avoid the "bubble effect": a lot of Kaizen events or Lean projects, engaging a lot of people in improvement activities that lack consistency and consequently have no impact on performance.
Read moreAccelerating Health Care Transformation with Lean and Innovation: The Virginia Mason Experience describes how VMMC has systematically integrated innovative structures, methods, and cultural practices into its implementation of Lean.
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COE 2023 SUMMIT Come to the @Center for Operational Excellence at The Ohio State University’s annual Summit on April 11-13 […]
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The customer journey should be priority #1 on everyone’s agenda. Therefore improving processes and better ways of working is essential and should be supported by Leaders.
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Leading indicators – Leaders, encourage your teams to build the relevant leading metrics, and you will achieve great results!
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TPM: Taking care of a company’s assets like a mother takes care of her baby…
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