Going for the Gold
Last week I was in a consultant "shop-talk" session comparing notes on how to identify and track financial benefits that show in a...
Do you want a 20 to 25% productivity gain?
Convergent Results typically improves productivity 20 to 25 percent, and assists clients directing that gain to achieving measurable...
Remove Barriers to Productivity - An Old/New Concept, Stage 1 of 5
Our blog on short-interval-scheduling (SIS) pointed out how SIS is one of the least promoted, underutilized, yet most effective methods...
Stage 2. Removing Barriers to Productivity: Time as a Management Tool
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...
Planning, not Boots, Increases Crew Productivity
On occasion, I’ve discussed maintenance productivity, as measured by wrench time, with plant managers and operations executives. It’s not...
Right Data, Right People...Right Decision
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...
Maximizing Offshore Production Yields!
Maximizing Offshore Production Yields! Barriers are plenty when it comes to optimizing production yields offshore. I’m not even writing...
Removing Barriers to Productivity: The Concept
Work Measurement Work measurement, the science of relating work to time, is a broad field. There are numerous techniques for measuring...
What's an Expert
The point of the story is the difference between knowledge and experience. Our interconnected world is now full of easily accessed informati
Reliability = Zero Breakdowns
From a reliability perspective, think about it - zero breakdowns. It sounds radical. It was first proposed by Seiichi Nakagima in his...
