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ByJoseph Paris April 20, 2016

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Taming the Dragon of Operational Un-Excellence
ByXONITEK October 31, 2012January 6, 2020
Legends from medieval times often mentioned the evil dragon – a fearsome creature with destructive power and the tendency to do harm to people that it comes across; that guarded the entrance to a treasure laden palace, a symbol for the ultimate achievement in life. The hero of the legend had to battle his way…
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CASE STUDY: A new prescription for improving business performance at GlaxoSmithKline
ByXONITEK May 12, 2015January 6, 2020
Introduction GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a global healthcare group headquartered in London, UK, engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products and health-related consumer products. (http:\www.gsk.com) Outline This article will share how we started, scaled up and began to embed the ADP (Accelerating Delivery and Performance) way of working in GSK between 2009 and…
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Mass Spec Is Moving To Point-of-Care: Why This Matters To You
ByXONITEK February 5, 2014January 6, 2020
Breaking Down Mass Spectrometry For many of you reading this article, the words mass spectrometry will probably mean nothing. However, in the growing field of healthcare and clinical diagnostics, it is an ever increasing term used in the medical lexicon. Mass Spectrometry is an analytical chemistry technique that has been around commercially since the 1950’s,…
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Lean Management Journal – “Lean Assessments: The Rally Point of the Journey” by Joseph Paris
ByJoseph Paris November 5, 2013February 18, 2026
“Lean Assessments: The Rally Point of the Journey”, by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris, emphasises the importance of self-assessment prior to and during any lean journey to ensure your organisation arrives at its intended destination. Plus, continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society. Published in Lean Management Journal in the October 2013 issue. Download PDF
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Are You Easily Distracted? – Hello?
ByXONITEK January 8, 2009January 6, 2020
There are diversions to help us get through our day and work more productively, and there are distractions that keep us from doing our work altogether. They range from never-ending stories from two colleagues standing at your desk talking to each other (and not you), a barrage of emails, the dog wanting to go out or,…
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State of Readiness | Tim Fox
ByXONITEK March 19, 2026March 19, 2026
What Does It Take to Change Everything — One Small Step at a Time? A Conversation with Tim Fox, Author of Swarm of Change | State of Readiness Podcast In this episode of State of Readiness, host Joseph Paris sits down with Tim Fox for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the arc of a…
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