LECTURE: Lean Enterprise & e-Synergy

ByXONITEK October 10, 2006January 6, 2020

Lean Enterprise and e-Synergy
Binghamton University (Binghamton, New York)
October 10, 2006 (11am-2pm)
Joseph F. Paris Jr., President, XONITEK Corporation, will be a guest lecturer for Angelo Mastrangelo at Binghamton University’s Vestal campus (School of Management, Room 370). The lecture will consist of a discussion as to the genesis of “Lean” principles and their pervasive evolution throughout the entirety of the value-chain in addition to discussions on e-Synergy, a lean business process management tool.

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We have often heard of Lean being described as a “Journey, not a Destination” – in that the pursuit of an optimal business condition is what is important and that an ideal state is never to be realized. So how is it then that so many journeys are abandoned or fail to realize their potential…

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Several years ago I was at an Operational Excellence Conference here in Frankfurt. As with most talks, the speaker started by introducing the company he worked for and what it did. He then proceeded to list the companies values, of which there were five or so. The last value on the list was “Safety” to…

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Sitting on a Gold Mine: Uncovering Hidden Profit Centers by Stephen Long, PhD

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Managers understand one important fact in today’s global economy: Businesses must perform at the highest standard and then continually improve just to be competitive. Great performance is becoming more and more valuable and hidden pockets of profit exist in every organization.

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Eliminate Unnecessary Customer Calls

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