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Two ways to improve productivity in variable environments

Lasting productivity gains in highly variable work environments can be elusive. Highly variable environments are those where the work volume fluctuates throughout the day, week, month or even throughout the year.

Don’t forget the actual workers

Lesson Learned #36 We were working for a company that made aircraft landing gear (actually the company legacy ...

What do you do with a “variance”?

Lesson Learned #35 When Six Sigma arrived on the management scene many years ago, it caused quite a lot of ...

The black box of scheduling

Lesson Learned #14 We have learned over the years that scheduling is one of the most important and least ...

How to improve business performance through scheduling

If anything differentiates successful businesses and successful business people from the rest of the pack it is their ability to understand this Maxim. You shouldn’t be fooled by its simplicity (or by the awkward grammar).