The collected Body Of Knowledge of the Operational Excellence Society.
Many complex manufacturing businesses have come to understand that operational excellence is an on-going process in which companies strive to produce better results. It has an inherent collaborative nature and typically includes participation from all parts of the organization. But the challenge in manufacturing today is that the metrics upon which the business silos of…
It can be difficult to succeed in implementing Lean transformation and improve a company’s metrics over 10 percent. Particularly when managerial behaviours don’t follow this transformation. In fact, in a Lean environment, managerial behaviours and the company’s culture have to change in order to sustain results. Especially supervisors & team Leaders. Below is a list…
One of the many symbols of Southern Europe’s industrial decline must be the sight of one particular washing machine factory that now makes fewer than half the washing machines it did when Italy joined the euro. Rather, today, the Porcia plant is also a testing ground for the region’s industrial future. Home appliance maker Electrolux, which owns…
Reuters investigates what is now known as Caterpillar’s dealer sales push. In recent years, the company has called the 178 independently owned businesses that distribute its earth-moving products worldwide everything from “a critical competitive differentiator” to “the foundation” of its success. Now the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment is adopting a cooler…
According to the Economist, robots offer a unique insight into what people want from technology – and that makes their progress peculiarly fascinating. DARPA, the Pentagon research agency which runs the DRC, has made robots a priority because it suspects that the technology may be on the cusp of scaling great heights. This fascination has produced robots…
Metaphorically speaking, the Economist suggests that corporate headquarters have put on weight, and need to slim down again. Literally speaking, PepsiCo, for example, began a $243m upgrade of their complex to make space for more staff. While a group called ‘the raiders of the 80’s’ were supposed to put an end to corporate extravagance and administrative bloat…
