Uptime Magazine – “Operational Excellence: See the Flow of Value” by Joseph Paris (July 2013)

ByXONITEK July 10, 2013January 6, 2020

Operational Excellence: See the flow of Value, by Joseph Paris as featured in the June/July edition of Uptime Magazine®.

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Effective Arguing; Beware of Logical Red-Herrings
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As I am apt to, from time to time, I recently attended a conference on Operational Excellence and Change Management. There were two issues related to one another that came-up time and again from the “Change-Agents” as being a challenge and those were; 1) How do I get the support of management and 2) How…
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Customer Calls Reliability 360; Addressing Future Challenges @ the Speed of Light
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The Misconception of Reliability and Availability After a 10 year reliability journey that takes me across the appliances, power generation, aerospace, component placement, electronics design, wireless, and finally the cable industries, I would like to share my astonishing discovery with my friends and foes alike. My focus will be on the cable industry where my recent…
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Escape the Improvement Trap; What Elite Companies Do to Improve
ByXONITEK May 1, 2012January 6, 2020
Over the last twenty years, organizations have adopted many different improvement programs – TQM, Re-engineering, Lean, Six Sigma, etc. Despite working hard to adopt/apply the particular improvement methodology, very few organizations actually experience a true transformation and radically improve their competitive position. The competitive position typically stays the same since competitors also advance by adopting…
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To Build a Team, You Must Become a Leader
ByXONITEK December 9, 2009January 6, 2020
I am a big advocate of leadership development. I study and push leadership development through all I do in life. I once read that General Dwight D. Eisenhower was asked how he managed to lead such a diverse group of people to work together to win Europe from the Nazis. He answered, “Sir, it is one team, or we lose.” How…
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Sustainable Transformation
ByXONITEK November 11, 2010January 6, 2020
The Canadian Division of a global food manufacturer saved 28 million dollars in eight months, and saved several plants from closing, despite their high cost of production in an underutilized manufacturing system. It all began when the senior management stopped resisting what the workforce had to say. They returned to zero and started to listen….
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Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle
ByXONITEK December 18, 2023January 9, 2024
I wrote an article entitled “The Strategic HR Department” where I shared my thoughts on the characteristics of a Human Resources Department that is strategic with a purpose of being an accelerant of the organization’s ambitions rather than one that is a bureaucracy whose emphasis is on compliance. Of course, compliance is an important responsibility…
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Uptime Magazine – “Operational Excellence: See the Flow of Value” by Joseph Paris (July 2013)

Effective Arguing; Beware of Logical Red-Herrings

Customer Calls Reliability 360; Addressing Future Challenges @ the Speed of Light

Escape the Improvement Trap; What Elite Companies Do to Improve

To Build a Team, You Must Become a Leader

Sustainable Transformation

Considering the Entire Employee Lifecycle

Operational Excellence Society

State of Readiness

Joseph F. Paris Jr.

Readiness Institute

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