Taser International Inc’s small but high-profile contract-deal to supply body cameras to the London police nearly collapsed over one issue: where the video footage would be stored. If not for Amazon.com’s lack of a data center in Britain, Taser wouldn’t have dropped the company as the official data storage provider for the year-long project. This deal…
The Economist reveals why turbocharged four-cylinder engines now rule the road. According to their contentions, frugal four-cylinder engines – for decades – were only to be found in the most modest of motor cars. Until recently, that is, for today they are being fitted to even luxury models – given they are turbocharged. The Economist…
Does your organisation have a process automation agenda? We’ve all heard about the big disastrous IT projects that fail to deliver and cost £millions. But what about the ones that are perceived as successful? Is that really the end of the story? In many cases the answer is no. We will explore a number of…
Operational excellence is a mindset, not a methodology and needs redefining. We tend to think of operational excellence in terms of eliminating waste and standardizing the way we operate. We “lean” our processes and use six sigma approaches to drive how we operate. We also sometimes lean on these methodologies, and others, like crutches to…
Welcome to the official “coming-out party” of the new Operational Excellence Society. The past few years have been an interesting and exciting journey worthy of any adventure novel, except this one has been very real. As with every adventure, the path has been full of twists and turns. There have been many false starts and…
Dear Readers I am deep in the throes of finishing my first book and am working diligently on completing the first draft before I send it to the butcher (ie. Editor). My target date is end-of-December (which is reasonably attainable). As such, I find that I am not really able to parse my attention and energy…
