Media Spin or Irrational Business?

January 31, 2010

I fell hook line and sinker for the title of this article: Steve Jobs Hates Eric Schmidt Unfortunately I think the author of the article did too… The article alleges that Apple may switch the iPhone’s search provider from Google to Microsoft because of a personal distaste of Steve Jobs (Apple CEO) toward Google – [...]

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Pillar of Operations Improvement – Management Tools

January 26, 2010
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This is the third of a four post series. You can read the first two posts here: 3 Pillars of Operations Improvement Pillar of Operations Improvement – Business Process Removing variation and waste from the process and balancing the process to optimize the constraint will improve the operation. However, where many businesses struggle in Operations [...]

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Pillar of Operations Improvement – Business Process

January 18, 2010
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This is the second of a four post series. You can read the first introductory post here: 3 Pillars of Operations Improvement Generally the most obvious pillar of continuous improvement in businesses is that of the business process. Most large and many smaller companies have some sort of continuous improvement team that use methodologies such [...]

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3 Pillars of Operations Improvement

January 17, 2010
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The methodology that I have learned inside and out as an operations consultant implementing continuous improvement projects with my two most recent employers is based on improving 3 pillars. Business Process – the steps that any business, or any business department works through to serve their customer, or accomplish their task Management Tools – the [...]

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Rick Maher in Lean Six Sigma

January 14, 2010

As a junior in college while studying Supply Chain Management I began growing an interest in operations management. As a facet of operations management I started learning about Lean and Six Sigma. For those who do not know, in a sentence, Lean and Six Sigma are two continuous improvement methodologies used by businesses to improve [...]

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