The Blog for Business Performance Improvement
The story of continuous improvement in U.S. energy has two alternate endings. Depending on the topic of conversation, the sector is either a poster child for CI or a cautionary tale for what happens without it. How can the energy sector …Read More
No industrial business that hopes to turn a profit in the era of Industry 4.0 can do so without selecting the right key performance indicators (KPIs). These metrics afford operations managers and senior-level decision-makers critical …Read More
Truly innovative asset management covers all aspects of monitoring, analyzing, and maintaining capital equipment. Does your business have all its bases covered? Now recovering from economic instability over the last decade, …Read More
Food and beverage companies need to meet customer expectations and optimize operational processes to succeed in a new market. However, not every business has the means to contend in this new environment, nor the internal …Read More
Asset-intensive industries have cautiously maintained their commitment to present and future major capital investments in the wake of the 2008 economic collapse. Total capital expenditure, which includes the purchasing of both …Read More
Continuous Improvement (CI) for process industries can feel like trying to fix plumbing with the water turned on. No matter how carefully you approach the problem, messes will occur. At petrochemical and bulk chemical plants where …Read More
Shifting consumer trends around meat have pushed businesses to rethink their processes. A recent study published by the Natural Resources Defense Council found American consumption of beef fell precipitously between 2005 and …Read More
In theory, the continuous improvement model encourages organizations to advance positive changes frequently and smoothly. But what about in practice? How can an industry such as oil and gas, currently struggling with so much …Read More
Beverage manufacturers, particularly carbonated soft drink makers, will have a lot of big decisions to make in the coming year in order to prevent buzz around their businesses from affecting production. Although the global …Read More
Clay and refractory building materials and ceramics manufacturing saw hard-fought growth of 2.7 percent annually from 2011 to 2016, according to IBISWorld, despite turbulence experienced by its industrial customers and a …Read More
