Inspiration for Innovation
I enjoy guest lecturing at University. In fact, it is one of my most favourite things I do. I believe what I enjoy most is the optimism and energy of the students. They are far too young in their careers to have been tarnished by the pragmatism, and even cynicism, of “real life” – or to…
Eurologistics Magazine: Lean is a Journey – October 2011
“Lean jest podróżą” by Joseph Paris published in the October 2011 issue of Eurologistics Magazine – in Polish. Download PDF “Lean is a Journey” – Original article in English. Download PDF
Crossing Continents! XONITEK Partners with AFOES Consultants
Crossing Continents! XONITEK Partners with AFOES Consultants Crossing continents! XONITEK Consulting Group Int’l and AFOES Consultants reach out to form a new partnership to ensure all organizations benefit from the consistent and high quality professional skills & resources available from this joint venture. XONITEK which specializes in Operational Excellence (Lean / Six-Sigma and Sustainability) is pleased to announce a new partnership with AFOES Consultants,…
Setting the Course for Recovery
Accepting the recession landscape has been extraordinarily painful. The recovery journey will have challenges that must be embraced to create a sustainable business in the new, post recession landscape. How do we establish new operational excellence framework in this unsettled landscape?
Follow the 5% / 75% Rule
For years, Jason has been an avid exerciser. Running and weight lifting frequent his routine. With such an active exercise regimen, energizing music is definitely required. A few years back, those clunky, skip-prone CD walkmans were the newest craze, but they just didn’t cut it for exercise!
Design of a Continuous Improvement Glossary Based Audit System
Recently, technical discussions at a recent company revealed that there were four different meanings for the term “uptime”. In addition, at another global manufacturer, four plants in the same country utilized different definitions of OEE. Often, the data sources used, as well as the variable definitions and computational procedures are different. Also, plants tend to develop their own…