“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
In 2010, Engro Fertilizers commissioned the world’s largest single-train ammonia-urea complex capable of producing 3835 tpd prilled urea. This Plant is equipped with aMDEA Based CO2 Removal System to make the process more clean and energy efficient. This paper presents operating experience of BASF aMDEA in a CO2 removal system of this new Ammonia Plant….
Today, only 40% of world leading executive business leaders around the globe are confident of their revenue growth prospects (Source: PWC). In today’s economic environment, many global companies must adapt to a new situation where: Supply chain risks are higher Competition within existing markets increases yet more The lean spheres widen to areas outside the…
So, you are thinking about embarking upon a Continuous Improvement (CI) Journey at your company. Or, more than likely, you are going to be RE-embarking upon a CI Journey at your company. But where do you start? At the beginning, of course… “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao…
Background What is lean? The majority of people when asked this question reply “waste elimination”. This is true. However, Taiichi Ohno’s original definition of lean was “the complete and thorough elimination of waste to reduce the timeline from receipt of customer order to delivery”. To achieve this more complete definition necessitates the creation of product…
