Operational Excellence is Not Something New By Joseph F Paris Jr There is a lot of content created around Operational Excellence and its companion disciplines – including; Leadership, Lean, Six-Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Project Management, and so on – which together comprise Operational Excellence (including the content produced by myself). But are all of these…
There are many jobs that are demanding. Some are demanding physically, some are demanding emotionally and some are demanding intellectually – often a combination. Regardless of your profession, almost all of them have one thing in common – when you are done for the day, you are able to set aside your work and enjoy time thinking…
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…
11th Annual Industrial Engineering Congress Puebla, Mexico October 6-9, 2008 Joseph F. Paris, Jr., President of XONITEK Corporation, will serve as a keynote speaker at the 11th Annual Industrial Engineering Congress this October 6th – 9th in Puebla , Mexico . Mr. Paris’ keynote presentation,“ Blue Ocean Strategy”* – Listening to the voice of the “non-customer”, will take place on Monday, October 6th at 1pm, shortly following the Congress’…
IIE Annual Conference and Exposition 2007 Industrial Engineering’s Critical Role in the Flat World Institute of Industrial Engineers Renaissance Hotel / Nashville Convention Center (Nashville, TN) May 19 – 23, 2007 For the second consecutive year, XONITEK Systems Corporation will participate in the Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference & Exposition – to be…
