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Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2022 March ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Creating a Project Review Board I have written many articles with respect to designing and deploying a successful Operational Excellence program and the risks and peril that exist and need to be avoided. However, I…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2022 February ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Lean Six Sigma – Reality or Myth? Many Continuous Improvement professionals sing high praise of Japan, Japanese business practices, and one of the champions of Japanese industry; Toyota. But if we take a look at…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2022 January December ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Deepfakes and the Uncanny Valley Did you ever look at a video clip, or a sound bite, or a picture and it made you uneasy; but you couldn’t quite put your finger on it? Chances…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2021 December ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris A man’s gotta know his limitations The owner was trying to grow the business but didn’t have the skillset needed to scale it. He was trying to run a $75m per year company on his…

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2021 November ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Respect the Neural Network of Your Business I was working on a turn-around engagement at a distressed company earlier this year. Their IT infrastructure was a shambles holding on by a hope and a prayer….

Operational Excellence By DesignSM 2021 October ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Monthly Musing Connecting With Us Founder’s Corner – Joseph Paris Welcome to Production Hell I was working on a turn-around engagement at a distressed company earlier this year.  With on-time deliveries less than 20% and scrap and rework exceeded 10% of revenue, their manufacturing floor…