Week 26 – Saving Billions with Operations Science in Engineering and Construction
This week we explore one of the largest cost savings opportunities on the plant. Application of operations science to Engineering and Construction mega projects.
Week 25 – Increasing Healthcare Efficiency
St. Mary’s hospital case study showing the benefits of using operations science to better synchronize nursing resources with patient demand.
Week 24 – Baxter Saves Tens of Millions of Dollars in Operations
Operations science provided a framework to help Baxter Healthcare optimize operations and realize major performance improvements.
Week 23 – Artificial Intelligence and Operations Science
AI presents great promise and great risk. Watch this week’s video to discover how to manage the risk of AI in operations, projects, services and supply chain.
Week 22 – A 30% Increase in Throughput
The unique insights provided by an operations science flow analysis led this company to achieve a massive increase in throughput and efficiency in a couple of months.
Week 21 – How to Know if You Are in Control
Last week we were below goal. that was terrible. This week we are above goal. Terrific, pizza for everyone! Are you just reacting to noise in the system? If so, you’re just increasing variability and its associated buffering requirements and, at the same, time creating unnecessary stress for your people.
Week 20 – Details of Leading and Lagging Measures
This week we provide specific examples of leading and lagging measures. Leading measures track causes, not effects. To see the effects, track lagging measures which provide understanding of whether the causes were accurately described–true scientific thinking.
Week 19 – The Best Measures for Individuals
Measures motivate behavior. This week provides a list of important characteristics of measures used for measuring individual performance. Also provided are specific examples of these measures, including examples the average view may not have seen before.
Week 18 – The Best Measures to Measure
Don’t be overwhelmed with measures and KPIs. In the operations science framework, required measures naturally surface. There are the vital few and everything else is just window dressing.
Week 17 – How to Improve Continuous Improvement
Don’t let your continuous improvement efforts end up just going through the motions. See how operations science helps you supercharge any process improvement efforts.