Week 38 – Create Innovation Culture
To create true, sustained innovation, start from first principles in the operations science framework. Tools and best practices come afterwards, they do not make a good foundation for innovation.
Week 37 – Sustain Success, Controls Part 2
Too often people confuse reporting with control. Here we list actual controls that will provide predictable results.
Week 36 – Sustain Success With Control
Good strategy and tactics can be wasted if proper control is not used effectively. Find out how to establish reliable control.
Week 35 – Strategy to Action: Tactics
Strategy without action is daydreaming. We describe the business system framework and tactics needed to achieve successful results repeatedly and sustainably.
Week 34 – Make Strategy Work
The laws and concepts of operations science are like an objective third party referee passing judgment on what strategies are or are not feasible. Operations science doesn’t care if you believe in it or not. It dictates outcomes either way.
Week 33 – Operations Science Applied
Once you have seen your operations through Operations Science Applied, you will never look at operations the same way as you did before. You will be on your way to predictable, sustainable success.
Week 32 – Inventory Management Mistakes, Finale
Safety stock is often seen as a holy grail for ensuring good customer service and optimal inventory levels. It is often miscalculated and mismanaged.
Batch Time Demonstration
Batch time is usually one of the largest components of cycle time. We provide a simple simulation to illustrate the dynamics.
Week 31 – Inventory Management Mistakes, Part 4
In trying to keep things simple when making delivery promises to customers, companies unintentionally make planning and execution less effective and less efficient.
Week 30 – Inventory Management Mistakes, Part 3
Inventory policy should use the parameters of your environment along with operations science and math to help you adjust to variability yet arrive at planned performance as expected.