ByJoseph F. Paris, Jr.
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“Why Isn’t Government Lean?”; LMJ Board Member and XONITEK’s Chairman, Joseph Paris, weighs in on the role of lean in government.
Published in Lean Management Journal in the May/June 2014 issue.
McKinsey and Company means that CEOs and senior executives can employ proven techniques to create top-team performance – and moreover, that this topic’s importance is not about to diminish as digital technology reshapes the notion of the workplace and how work gets done. On the contrary, the leadership role becomes increasingly demanding as more work is conducted…
The Economist reports how a new type of software helps researchers decide what they should be looking for. You might think that apples, mushrooms and pork sounds a promising recipe for a kebab – and the average barbecuer might balk at adding strawberries. But according to John Gordon of IBM, however, the result proposed by your computer…
According to some technology and intelligence specialists, U.S. NSA Code Cracking supposed to protect the online traffic of the world’s largest Internet companies, will do more harm than good. These revelations raise fresh questions about the security of data held by companies including Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. According to a particular senior staff technologist,…
Welcome to Episode 31 of The Outliers Inn – Prosolver Solutions Topic: Join us as we discuss Mark’s 36 year career at Xerox and how he assisted with the application of various Lean disciplines over the years and what he’s been up to since he “retired”. Listen now!
Companies today must do business in a fiercely competitive global environment. In order to be a significant player in this arena, organizations must employ new technologies and techniques at a velocity that may challenge the very fiber of a company. They will be required to establish seamless integration from their customers, internally into manufacturing and…
As we are all aware, KPI’s are known for tracking, monitoring, and identifying gaps in the performance of organizational processes. But, do we understand the true meaning of KPI’s and how leadership impact KPI’s? As per ASQ, the definition of Key performance indicators (KPI’s), is “to help an organization measure progress toward specific goals. They…
