This is the second in a series of blogs posts describing an ongoing process of problem solving. This edition speaks to using time as a...

Short-Interval Scheduling Best Kept Secret of Productivity Improvement Short-Interval Scheduling is one of the most widely used yet least...

The proposed project would “transform” the organization, “optimizing” all its business processes. Large contracts were signed on these promi

On occasion, I’ve discussed maintenance productivity, as measured by wrench time, with plant managers and operations executives. It’s not...

It is not infrequently that we find new processes and systems not used because people just flat forgot the training they received in...

We have seen it time and time again. If you get the right data to the right people at the right time…and show them how to use it…magical...

Whenever an organization indicates they are considering automating an existing process, Convergent Results always has the same advice....

My most recent read is The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789, by Joseph J. Ellis. It is the story of how...

Maximizing Offshore Production Yields! Barriers are plenty when it comes to optimizing production yields offshore. I’m not even writing...

It happened again this past week! A client asked how you mold corporate culture. This was part of a brand new merger where the challenge...