Body of Knowledge

The collected Body Of Knowledge of the Operational Excellence Society.

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Total Productive Maintenance: 8 Steps to Better Equipment Reliability, More Capacity & Sustained Improvement
ByDoug Kiss July 1, 2013June 21, 2017
You’ve launched your continuous improvement (CI) initiative. Product lines have replaced process villages. There’s more floor space. Supervisors and executives are closer to the gemba after experiencing 5S, visual factory and Managing for Daily Improvement. Standard work has made abnormalities more visible, and Six Sigma methodology has corrected problems that have plagued the operation for…
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Innovation through Putting New Technology to Work
ByKaren Jahnke July 1, 2013November 9, 2016
The Ancestry of Genomic Sequencing Production I recently received my own DNA analysis results from a company called 23andMe. The very fact that DNA analysis has reached general availability, and that a certain level of analysis is available for under $100 directly correlates to significant decreases in production costs. First, I do need to state…
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INSIGHT-No more easy pickings in Russia’s banking market
ByReuters.com June 4, 2013April 12, 2021
Reuters reports: Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market -tougher than some bargained for. While some players are thriving, many have found Russia’s banking market too hard to crack, meaning they’re rife with credit, legal and corruption risks. With this being said, Russia…
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The sleepwalkers
ByEconomist.com June 4, 2013April 7, 2021
In the midst of the Euro-crisis, the Economist means that no news is bad news. The worst of the crisis seems to over, and gone are the panic-stricken sessions of last year. Today, Europe’s leaders note, reform is under way across most of the euro zone and some southern European countries are regaining their competitiveness….
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Reinventing the train: Ideas coming down the track
ByEconomist.com June 4, 2013April 8, 2021
In the latest transport developments: Although it is true that, as compared with other modes of transport, train technology might seem to be progressing rather slowly. New train technologies are less visible and spread less quickly than improvements to cars or planes. However, there is still plenty of innovation going on, and ideas are steadily making…
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Towards the end of poverty
ByEconomist.com June 4, 2013April 7, 2021
The Economist reports on the world’s next imminent step forward – the continued alleviation of poverty. Statistics show that nearly 1 billion people have been taken out of extreme poverty in 20 years, so it’s not too far-fetched to assume the world can well continue this trend. Some 5 decades after Harry Truman expressed his concern…
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