Operational Excellence is…
Operational Excellence is a state of readiness that is attained as the efforts throughout the organization reach a state of alignment for achieving its strategies; and where the corporate culture is committed to the continuous and deliberate improvement of company performance AND the circumstances of those who work there – to pursue ‘Operational Excellence by Design‘, and not by coincidence.
Joseph F Paris Jr; Founder
Welcome to the NEW Operational Excellence Society
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…
Sustainable Transformation
The Canadian Division of a global food manufacturer saved 28 million dollars in eight months, and saved several plants from closing, despite their high cost of production in an underutilized manufacturing system. It all began when the senior management stopped resisting what the workforce had to say. They returned to zero and started to listen….
Scaling and Sustaining Your Education and Training Program
I have been helping companies design and deploy their Operational Excellence (“OpEx”) and Continuous Improvement (“CI”) programs for a very long time. Mind you, I was not born with this knowledge. Rather I gained this knowledge by working with companies and observing the challenges they faced and helping them to overcome those challenges – and…
State of Readiness; Dr. Cynthia J. Young, Leidos
Cindy is as self-made a person as anyone I have ever met. After graduating high school and not having any particular skills that were as yet discovered nor the grades or money to get into University, she joined the United States Navy as an enlisted person. Perhaps she knew, and it’s just as likely she…
The Operational Excellence Society
Several years ago, I discovered that one of the technology partners of my firm had a nickname for me – it is “CJ”. For the life of me, I could not figure-out how they came-up with that as a nickname. I mean, my brother’s name is Christopher John – so that would actually make some sense. But he…
