Germany is applying the pressure on its European counterparts to move toward fiscal integration. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on a mission to implement some form of central authority to take charge of euro area finances, and numerous new powers for the European Commission, European Parliament and European Court of Justice. It has also been…
America’s natural gas industry is still on the up-and-up. Over the past few years, the country’s shale-gas industry has grown by a whopping 45% per year. At this point, the country produces significantly more gas than it requires. Problems the USA are experiencing, such as insufficient storage space and declining gas prices, are problems that…
It is time for the top leadership in organizations of all sizes to recognize that an ad-hoc approach to managing e-mail is highly inefficient and an enormous drag on human resources. E-mail management: the prioritization, planning and archiving of e-mail should be systemized and standardized in every organization.Â
As Operational Excellence professionals, we are all dedicated to eliminating waste from the processes we aim at improving. Yet, are we eliminating 100% of our own wastes? Are we leveraging the full benefits of what we are doing? Are we, ourselves, guilty of the 8thwaste (I mean waste of opportunity) as we are not always…
I love the smell of machine oil. I love to hear the clanging and clanking of machinery in operation. I love the banging when one machine hammers away at a piece of metal to form it into something new or the high-pitched “whir” of a loom or spinner in operation. And I love the way huge apparatus groan…
When it comes to research in the field of psychology, it’s important to consider how results may be skewed. While undergraduates in the field of psychology are often at the disposal of researchers looking for subjects, and willing to participate for a variety of reasons, subjects selected are often not representative of humanity as a…
