A Production Efficiency Driver You Might Be Overlooking
Why so many companies lose profit to OEE
The manufacturing industry has historically been a hotbed of innovation, ...
Manufacturing
Gratitude as a Management Skill
How managers can effectively show appreciation
There is no shortage of research to show the positive effects of ...
Finding opportunities in logistics
Logistics sometimes means different things to different companies, which we once made the mistake of pointing out ...
Finding opportunities in quality
Quality has gone through many evolutions over the last twenty years driven by the popularity of gurus like Juran, ...
Finding opportunities in maintenance
As technology has advanced and organizations have become more and more reliant on smoothly running equipment, ...
Finding opportunities in engineering departments
There are a couple of typical questions we explore when we're looking for opportunity in engineering departments. Read more to find out.
Finding opportunities in sales areas
The main focus for performance improvement is to improve sales effectiveness and efficiency. In essence, can you sell more higher margin things at a lower total cost?
Finding opportunity in marketing departments
The first functional area we will look at is marketing, which also happens to be one of the more difficult ...
The conflicting objectives of inventory management
The ninth profit driver we look at for opportunities is inventory. Inventory reduction tends to go straight to the ...
How to Determine When to Use Push or Pull Production Scheduling
To fulfill customer demand in the most efficient, cost-effective way, companies can use push- or pull-scheduling or something in between. Which one works best? That depends on the characteristics of your product and market.
5 Ways to Increase Your Plant’s Production Efficiency
Production efficiency is not easy and studies show most companies are squandering 50% of their key resources—labor ...
Why it’s hard to eliminate backlogs
Work expands because there is no additional work available.” If people are aware that no work awaits them after they complete their current tasks, they will naturally start slowing the rate of completion to avoid running out of work. This is very common in project-based work environments.