This is a guest post by Mark Davis I hate to admit it, but my plumbing is starting to fail. No, not my personal plumbing – that would be another issue entirely, and one I’d be more likely to share with my physician than with an international audience. The topic here is the plumbing in […]
Do You Need Lean Thinking?
The term “Lean Thinking” first came into use in 1996 when James Womack and Daniel Jones published their book of the same name. The book distilled their thoughts after studying the Toyota manufacturing business. A lean, waste free organisation. Since then, those first lean ideas have come on a long way. They are no longer […]
10 Things You Really Should Know if You Run an Operation
I am now a published author That is not strictly accurate, but why let the truth get in the way of a good story? Let me try again I have written an e-book; well it is more of an e-pamphlet It is available at all good book stores; well OK it is self published and is only […]
Expensive Handshakes and Complexity Costs
If two people meet and shake hands with each other, how many handshakes are there? Easy question, the answer is one. If three people meet, how many handshakes are there? Three, are you with me? If four people meet the answer is six, now you need to think about it. As the number of people […]
Decide, Please Decide, Decide Now
What do you do when faced with a decision? Do you do everything you can to get it right? Do you analyse the options, get opinions from trusted advisers, work through all the angles to make the correct choice. Do you take the time and effort to make sure? Do you do the right thing? […]