“A superior leader is a person who can bring ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results.” – Unknown While Operational activities are the management of daily activities, every now and then, or running concurrently with these activities are project based activities. A project is an organizational activity that has a beginning, a middle and an […] Read more

“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” – Anthony Robbins The Deming cycle  is a process that involves creating a feedback loop that is centred on your industrial process. It is an operational activity. Knowing that there is no perfection, Operations managers ensure that the appropriate time allocation is […] Read more

“It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent of species that survives, but the one that is most adaptable to change”. – Charles Darwin Operational Excellence is a set of tools that industrial organizations can utilize to improve their operations. Competitive advantage is a moving target that organizations need to ensure that they are […] Read more

“Process improvement programs are like teaching people how to fish. Strategy maps and scorecards teach people where to fish.” – Robert S. Kaplan Competitive advantage is a moving target in 2020 and beyond. The importance of quality in industry cannot be stressed enough. With the current conditions where competition is a global phenomenon, it is […] Read more

“Consistent alignment of capabilities and internal processes with the customer value proposition is the core of any strategy execution.”- Robert S. Kaplan Industrial operating processes are very complex systems that often require restructuring. For various reasons, a current operating mode might not work for an organization. It may be that the operational flow requirements have […] Read more

“The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.” – Peter Senge Additive manufacturing is a relative new technology that is facilitating the evolution of industrial process systems. In the past, during the prototype development process organizations would have to go through the process of working with a […] Read more

There is an adage in industrial statistics that states that what gets measured, is what will get managed by an industrial organization. If there’s anything that 2020 has taught us as a globe, it is that we need to ensure that we are more resourceful than ever. Within an industrial cycle, be it a monthly […] Read more

“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Deming Industrial Organizations can utilize technology to optimize their systems. Those that do, are often ahead of the pack.  Organized as a central system, the Deming system provides the appropriate management teams with feedback on the system’s […] Read more

2021 is as great a time as any for science and engineering. About a week ago, we experienced one of the greatest feats in scientific and engineering history. This is the advent of the launching of a rocket from American soil. While the mission is bigger than we can ever anticipate, at every stage of […] Read more

The supply chain is a very complex chain that involves the transport of goods from supplier channels to a customer. Within an organization, there are a myriad of goods that are received from multiple vendors. Channel coordination is the process that is involved in the improvement of supply chain performance. The aim with all process […] Read more

  “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” – Bill Gates 2021 is an exciting time to be in the industrial realm. With the first quarter […] Read more