XONITEK’s Joseph Paris reviews Jim Bowie’s book Lean Acres & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society. Published in Lean Management Journal in the November 2012 issue.
June 2019 Monthly Musing If you believe that “time is the enemy of the 21st Century company”, then meetings are the guerilla fighters sent as saboteurs. Most meetings are an exercise in mental masturbation – where egos are stroked and discussions had, but there is no real debate or the making of an actual decision. …
…but I am good with that if you are. My father, who was a manager at International Business Machines (IBM), once told me; “If it were not for the ‘people problems’, management would be easy.” In the world of management, and management consulting, truer words were never spoken. And so is the challenge with most…
October 2019 Monthly Musing This is a generalization, but the real reason why most engineers rarely make good business people is because they are fixated on the perfect. They are terrified of what they do not know or understand – and even more terrified to release to those who do. Their idea of too much…
A recent report by CoreNet Global surveyed 100 firms regarding space utilization offers revealed that utilization rates range from 45-65%. This means that at any moment on average, 55% of the existing office space is vacant. Clearly, there is an opportunity to increase shareholder value. The lack of synergy that exists between corporate governance and financial performance…
Members United Corporate Federal Credit UnionAnnual OPS Outlook Conference Albany Marriott (Albany, New York) October 16-18, 2006 XONITEK Corporation will participate in Members United Corporate Federal Credit Union’s (formerly Empire Corporate Federal Credit Union) OPS Outlook Conference. In addition to participating in the tradeshow for the event, Joseph F. Paris Jr., President of XONITEK, will present in…
One of the primary objectives of Lean is to achieve smooth continuous flow of material through the process. If there are bottlenecks within your process, they can inhibit flow, cause inventories, and prevent throughput from matching customer demand (Takt). In order to make progress towards Lean goals, bottleneck resources must be identified, managed and improved. From a…
