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When Advanced Technology Presents Problems Never Seen Before, KT Problem Analysis Prevails
When Advanced Technology Presents Problems Never Seen Before, KT Problem Analysis Prevails

This case study gives a detailed description of the use KT problem solving approach and global collaboration during development of a new semi-conductor process at Tokyo Electron.

Supply Chain Helps Novartis Capture Market Share
Supply Chain Helps Novartis Capture Market Share

Novartis AG used KT Analytic Trouble Shooting in one product line to validate a production process in record time, quickly capture market share, and increase sales by 20%--here is how…

A Systematic Approach Targets Next-Generation Drugs
A Systematic Approach Targets Next-Generation Drugs

When a client needed a better approach for focusing efforts within its pipeline of next generation drugs they turned to KT to develop a process for identifying projects aligned with corporate strategy.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Planned shutdown shaves seven days from schedule
Planned shutdown shaves seven days from schedule

When a steel producer needed to shorten the length of time of a planned shut in order to meet urgent demand for its product, they turned to KT to get the work done safely under a new shut leader and following an abbreviated schedule...

Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper Copperton Concentrator Plant
Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper Copperton Concentrator Plant

Rio Tinto worked with KT using a Learn & Do approach to improve shutdown management at a concentrator plant. Learning and applying skills alongside KT consultants, teams cut the annual cost of shuts by $11 million and improved other KPIs…

“KT’s results can be measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars”

KT skills are often credited as a key factor in successful careers. For auto industry leader Robert Lutz, KT critical thinking provided a practical process for getting to the heart of an issue and saved millions of dollars…

Automotive Manufacturers and Suppliers
Automotive Manufacturers and Suppliers

This series of brief case studies provides an overview of how auto manufacturers and suppliers rely on KT processes to improve operations, accelerate change and improve the bottom line. 

Planned Maintenance Shutdown Is Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget
Planned Maintenance Shutdown Is Ahead of Schedule and Under Budget

A major cement producer’s investment in a KT program to improve planned maintenance shutdowns, reduced the next scheduled shut by 4.5 days and saved $500,000, raising the bar—and the opportunity for more savings—for future shuts.

An Abbreviated Use of Problem Analysis
An Abbreviated Use of Problem Analysis

As Apollo XIII heads towards the moon, a critical power failure provides a harrowing case study in the use of KT process by NASA Mission Control in Houston. Excerpted from the classic book, The New Rational Manager.

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