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Achieve Knock-Your-Socks-Off Project Performance
in 7 Steps
Most projects are not completed on time and on budget. Lackluster project
performance is about many things - unclear goals, under funding, low technical
skill - but first and foremost, it's about lack of leadership. Here are
seven actions that leaders can take to boost project success…
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this article from Plant Engineering
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Don’t Just Organize Your
Workplace; Organize Your Thinking
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Hirano’s concept of the
Five Pillars of the Visual Workplace – the five Ss, for short – they
are five organizing principles that can maximize the utility of the physical
work environment. The five Ss are Seiri, Seiton, Seiketsu, Seiso and Shitsuke.
A corresponding set of approximate English alternative titles has been
developed: Sort, Straighten, Standardize, Shine/Clean and Sustain. Here
are the ways in which you can apply the concept of the five Ss to your
non-visual work environment – your employees’ brainpower – to
achieve manufacturing excellence.
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this article from Reliable Plant
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Get the Most Out of Six Sigma
Since its success at GE in the early ‘80s, Six Sigma has become the
process improvement method of choice within manufacturing. But a growing
chorus of experts has begun to wonder whether their often sizable investment
in pursuing near-zero defects is paying off. Here are nine actions to ensure
Six Sigma lives up to its promise…
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this article from Quality Management |
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