4th Annual XONITEK Lean Six Sigma Symposium & Saratoga Race Course Outing
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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…
The Lean Six Sigma Community Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) (Albany, New York) April 7, 2006 (10am-12pm) Joseph F. Paris Jr., President of XONITEK Corporation will be a guest lecturer for Professor Richard Alben, Clinical Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Management and Technology at RPI. Paris will present students of the Lally School of Management with the methodologies…
You’ve heard it again and again: manufacturing is dead in America. What once made us a great nation has either moved offshore or rusted away. And with that wide-ranging loss in productive capacity, our national economy began its long, painful, sad descent… At least it seemed that way to a lot of folks. In reality,…
Arguing and debate (I don’t generally feel there is a difference – except, perhaps, that a debate consists of a series of arguments) goes back to the beginning of the ages, probably starting at the very moment mankind was able to communicate. One of the most famous early debaters was Socrates, a philosopher from Ancient…
The history of fuel economy standards in the US automobile industry is an excellent example of typical resistance to Breakthrough. It portrays how yesterday’s environmental obstruction is today’s common sense.
Lessons on Air Travel… Unlike most people I know, I actually enjoy flying. It’s mostly the result of an attitude that I project when taking a trip, coupled with an amount of planning and making sure I get to the airport well ahead of time. If there is a layover involved, I want a MINIMUM…